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1. Disabled in the feet or legs
   "a lame soldier";
   - crippled, halt [archaic], halting, gimpy [N. Amer, informal], game [informal]
    
2. Arousing no interest, attention, curiosity or excitement
   "a very lame account of her trip";
   - uninteresting, lameo [informal], uninspiring, meh [informal]
    
3. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
   "a lame argument";
   - feeble, wussy [informal]

1. Someone who doesn't understand what is going on
   - square

1. Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
   - cripple

1. A fabric interwoven with threads of metal
   "she wore a gold lamé dress"

Derived forms: lames, lamer, lamed, lamest, laming

See also: boring, deadening, deadly [informal], draggy [informal], dull, earthbound, ho-hum [informal], insipid, interest, interestingness, irksome, jejune, mind-numbing, narcotic, pedestrian, ponderous, prosaic, prosy, putdownable, slow, soporiferous, soporific, tedious, tiresome, unamusing, unexciting, unfit, unstimulating, weak, wearisome, wishy-washy [informal]

Type of: cloth, fabric, maim, material, simple [archaic], simpleton, textile

Encyclopedia: Lame