vapidness


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vap·id

 (văp′ĭd, vā′pĭd)
adj.
1. Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull: vapid conversation.
2. Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat: vapid beer.
[Latin vapidus.]
va·pid′i·ty, vap′id·ness n.
vap′id·ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vapidness - the quality of being vapid and unsophisticatedvapidness - the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
jejunity, tameness, vapidity, jejuneness
dullness - the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
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vapidness

noun
1. A lack of excitement, liveliness, or interest:
asepticism, blandness, colorlessness, drabness, dreariness, dryness, dullness, flatness, flavorlessness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, sterileness, sterility, stodginess, vapidity, weariness.
2. The state or quality of being insipid:
blandness, innocuousness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, vapidity, washiness, wateriness.
Informal: wishy-washiness.
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