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Having no variations in height.
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The land around here is flat.
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(voice) Without variations in pitch.
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Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
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That girl is completely flat on both sides.
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(note) Lowered by one semitone.
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Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
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Your A string is too flat.
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(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
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Uninteresting.
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The party was a bit flat.
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(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
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Lacking acidity without being sweet.
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(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
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(of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
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Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.
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The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting.
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Absolute; downright; peremptory.
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His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.
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(of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant
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(grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
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Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.
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(of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
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(of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
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(authorship, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
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The author added a chapter to flesh out the books' flatter characters.
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Fixed; unvarying.
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a flat fare on public transport