vapid

It was a delicious, pointed response, skewering on the vapidity of asking such things, even if she didn't intend it to be.
Whoever Wins What, Watch Out For Minnelli|Tim Teeman|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Enjoy this video of New York Mag's Jonathan Chait explaining the vapidity of the "binders full of women" meme.
Mitt's Binders Full of Affirmative Action|Justin Green|October 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The vapidity of a polite woman is bad, but the vapidity of a woman who is not polite is decidedly worse.
Modern Women and What is Said of Them|Anonymous
In four hours, vapidity and languor will take place of that exquisite sense of joy, which flutters your little heart.
The Belle's Stratagem|Hannah Cowley

The eminent criminal novel is taken as a tonic by minds satiated with the vapidity of fashionable fiction.
A History of English Prose Fiction|Bayard Tuckerman
Imbecility, vapidity, and the commonplace distended themselves like the frog in the fable.
The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine|Heinrich Heine
He never frittered away his moments in the vapidity of a polite ballroom.
Harvard Stories|Waldron Kintzing Post

British Dictionary definitions for vapidity

vapid

/ (ˈvæpɪd) /

adjective

bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat

boring or dull; lifelessvapid talk

Derived Forms

vapidity, nounvapidly, adverbvapidness, noun

Word Origin for vapid

C17: from Latin vapidus; related to vappa tasteless or flat wine, and perhaps to vapor warmth

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