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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But no one before or since has fallen into paroxysms of indignant rage over the alleged vapidity of middlebrow cultural efforts quite like Macdonald.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
After all, its themes, centered on the emptiness of power — and the vapidity of those who seek to be close to it — are timeless, especially in this city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Because the alternative is pallid mush, short on honesty and condemned to vapidity.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023
One of Davidson’s recurring “S.N.L.” sketches has him playing Chad, a vaping, all-purpose empty vessel whose vapidity only heightens people’s lust for him.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2020
There was a certain vapidity to her reassurance, an automatic way of expressing goodwill, which did not require any concrete efforts on her part to help him.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
