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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Mr. Mungiu, who has a stark, forthright style—no bludgeoning the audience with musical cues, no zingy dialogue—lets this life-upending moment play out in the blandest way imaginable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Somebody asked Jay Leno, late-night’s blandest clown, to share his opinions concerning late-night’s decline.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 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
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
