bland
adjective
pleasantly gentle or agreeable.
blandest
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superlativeof bland.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Temperatures are dropping, grocery prices keep climbing, and there’s a small, almost alchemical satisfaction in transforming the blandest, cheapest grain in the aisle into a breakfast worth lingering over.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
In 1920, Sen. Warren G. Harding campaigned for president on one of the blandest platforms in U.S. history.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2022
By contrast, Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly described the opening scene as "the blandest possible orientation, Epic Fantasy for Dummies" and said the good news is that "the beginning is the worst part."
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2022
The instinct of most corporate leaders is to seek safety by staying with the herd and issuing only the blandest possible statements, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2021
Those self-important women gained local immortality for the blandest, the most timid of eccentricities—walking a cat on a dog’s lead, riding about on a man’s bike, being seen with a sandwich in the street.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
