vapid
adjective
without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious.
vapidity
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a word derived from
vapid.
Example Sentences
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While “Johanne Sacreblu” is undeniably a targeted rebuttal against “Emilia Pérez,” I also see it as a layered criticism of Hollywood’s exoticization of Latin America, and the vapidity of its representation of Latinos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
Glamorous People are not always their own best diplomatic envoys, and some, such as their patron saint Andy Warhol, have raised studied vapidity to a kind of art form in itself.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2021
Always gorgeous and elegantly dressed — her husband, Ralph, describes her face when in society as “like a theatre with all the lustres blazing” — Undine is nevertheless limited by her vapidity.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2021
She’s particularly witty about the vapidity of our self-help culture.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2020
But Bobby’s untenanted look owed itself not to vapidity but to a certain lack of interest in the world around him.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
