vapid
(adjective) lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; āa vapid conversationā; āa vapid smileā; āa bunch of vapid schoolgirlsā
bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid
(adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang; āa bland dietā; āinsipid hospital foodā; āflavorless supermarket tomatoesā; āvapid beerā; āvapid teaā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
Lifeless, dull, or banal.
Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
• See boring, wearisome, soporific
• pavid
Source: Wiktionary
Vap"id, a. Etym: [L. vapidus having lost its lire and spirit, vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor vapor. See Vapor.]
Definition: Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood. A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste. Burke.
– Vap"id*ly, adv.
– Vap"id*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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