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

1. Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
   "The accident lamed the horse";
   - cripple

1. A person who is old-fashioned, conservative, or dull in attitude or appearance
   "Don't be such a lame - come to the party";
   - fuddy-duddy [informal], fud [N. Amer, slang], square [informal]

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

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

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, conservative, conservativist, fabric, maim, material, textile

Encyclopedia: Lame