Historical clue formulations

• Lacking literary sparkle — 2022-05-06
• Uninspired, as writing — 2022-01-08
• Far from crisp, as text — 2020-04-10
• Hardly poetic — 2019-08-28
• Lackluster, as writing — 2018-08-16
• Like dull-as-dishwater writing — 2017-01-25
• Lackluster — 2011-01-23
• Like plain text — 2009-08-27
• Tedious — 2007-10-30
• Tedious — 2007-10-14
• Dull, as text — 1999-10-25
• Dull — 1994-11-23