vapid [ vap -id ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈvæp ɪd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective
without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation.
lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid ; flat : vapid tea.
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Origin of vapid 1650–60; from Latin
vapidus; akin to
vapor
OTHER WORDS FROM vapid va·pid·i·ty, vap·id·ness, noun vap·id·ly, adverb
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How to use vapid in a sentence I bought a bag of generic sub rolls at the deli counter while stocking up on four pounds of Boar’s Head picante provolone cheese, whose sharpness provides flavor and umami that vapid mild provolone does not.
It was a delicious, pointed response, skewering on the vapid ity of asking such things, even if she didn't intend it to be.
Enjoy this video of New York Mag's Jonathan Chait explaining the vapid ity of the "binders full of women" meme.
Imbecility, vapid ity, and the commonplace distended themselves like the frog in the fable.
The nervous vapid ity of my first rattle, says the alter ego Vivian, soon subsided into a continuous flow of easy nonsense.
In four hours, vapid ity and languor will take place of that exquisite sense of joy, which flutters your little heart.
The eminent criminal novel is taken as a tonic by minds satiated with the vapid ity of fashionable fiction.
The vapid ity of a polite woman is bad, but the vapid ity of a woman who is not polite is decidedly worse.
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British Dictionary definitions for vapid
adjective
bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat
boring or dull; lifeless vapid talk
Derived forms of vapid vapidity , noun vapidly , adverb vapidness , 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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