vapid

Adjective
US[vap-id]/ˈvæpɪd/2 syllables
Synonyms: blandflatflavorlessflavourlessinsipidsavorlesssavourless

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. lacking taste or flavor or tang“a bland diet”“insipid hospital food”“flavorless supermarket tomatoes”“vapid beer”“vapid tea”Synonyms: blandflatflavorlessflavourlessinsipidsavorlesssavourlessOpposite tastySimilar tasteless
  2. lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest“a vapid conversation”“a vapid smile”“a bunch of vapid schoolgirls”Opposite stimulatingSimilar unstimulating, unexciting

Related words vapidness noun, vapidity noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Vap′id (văp′ĭd), adjective

Origin: L. vapidus having lost its life and spirit, vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor vapor. See Vapor.

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.— Edmund Burke

— Vap′wb-a1′>′id·ly (#), adverb — Vap′wb-a1′>′id·ness, noun

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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