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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. lacking taste or flavor or tang;
- Example: "a bland diet"
- Example: "insipid hospital food"
- Example: "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"
- Example: "vapid beer"
- Example: "vapid tea"
[syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid]

2. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting;
- Example: "a bland little drama"
- Example: "a flat joke"
[syn: bland, flat]

3. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication;
- Example: "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"
- Example: "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
[syn: politic, smooth, suave, bland]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bland \Bland\, a. [L. blandus, of unknown origin.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave;
      as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.
      "Exhilarating vapor bland." --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or
      irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland
      diet.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bland
    adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid
           hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid
           beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless,
           flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless,
           vapid]
    2: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland
       little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: bland, flat]
    3: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of
       sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so
       important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer
       with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic,
       smooth, suave, bland]