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VAPID
vapid
(adjective) lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; “a vapid conversation”; “a vapid smile”; “a bunch of vapid schoolgirls”
bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid
(adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang; “a bland diet”; “insipid hospital food”; “flavorless supermarket tomatoes”; “vapid beer”; “vapid tea”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
Lifeless, dull, or banal.
Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
Synonyms
• See boring, wearisome, soporific
Anagrams
• 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
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