adjective
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bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat
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boring or dull; lifeless
vapid talk
Other Word Forms
- vapidity noun
- vapidly adverb
- vapidness noun
Etymology
Origin of vapid
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin vapidus; akin to vapor
Example Sentences
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If this vapid, airless, mindless time-waster had subversive designs of being a satire about the first lady of the United States, there’s not much it would have changed.
From Los Angeles Times
For every thoughtful, interesting question asked of an artist on a red carpet or during a junket, there are three more vapid ones, and offenders almost always have a tiny microphone.
From Salon
“She wanted me to just be kind of vapid.”
At its worst, Orange County appears to be nouveau-riche snobbish, insecure, artificially flavored and colored, vapid, priggish and drearily sanitized.
From Los Angeles Times
I saw “F1” in a screening that was predominantly influencers who didn’t seem offended by the movie’s disdain for vapid self-promotion.
From Los Angeles Times
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