vapid

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).

adj

  1. Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
    In Koons' best-known works—a life-sized poly-chromed wood replica of Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles; vapid fin de siècle readymades such as a trio of basketballs floating in a fishtank […] 1995, Steven Daly, Nathaniel Wice, “Koons, Jeff”, in alt.culture, New York: HarperPerennial
  2. Lifeless, dull, or banal.
    Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless. 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30
  3. Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

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