vapid

[ vap-id ]

/ ˈvæp ɪd /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR vapid

1 spiritless, unanimated, lifeless, tiresome, prosaic.

2 flavorless.

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OPPOSITES FOR vapid

1 stimulating.

2 pungent.

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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, nounvap·id·ly, adverb

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.
Give in to pandemic cravings, starting with a homemade cheesesteak sandwich|David Hagedorn|December 10, 2020|Washington Post
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
Imbecility, vapidity, and the commonplace distended themselves like the frog in the fable.
The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine|Heinrich Heine

The nervous vapidity of my first rattle, says the alter ego Vivian, soon subsided into a continuous flow of easy nonsense.
The Earl of Beaconsfield|James Anthony Froude
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
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

British Dictionary definitions for vapid

vapid

/ (ˈvæpɪd) /

adjective

bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat

boring or dull; lifelessvapid talk

Derived forms of vapid

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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