Flatness

(noun.) the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss.

(noun.) a deficiency in flavor; 'it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils'.

(noun.) a want of animation or brilliance; 'the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style'.

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• This, from the extreme flatness of it, his nose, I mean, not the fortune, appeared probable. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The liquid was forced from the cellar by the air pressure, and when turned off, the air pressure was resumed in the cask, which preserved the beer from being thrown into a state of flatness. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The flatness was all gone out of her voice. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• With such a gun you must seek a flatness over which to fire. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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