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vapid Definition

vapid (vap′id)

adjective

  1. tasteless; flavorless; flat
  2. uninteresting; lifeless; dull; boring vapid talk

Etymology: L vapidus, stale, insipid, akin to vappa, stale wine: for IE base see vapor

vapid Related Forms
vap′·idly adverb vap′·id·ness noun
vapid Synonyms

vapid

modif.

flat, insipid, boring; see dull 3, 4, uninteresting.

vapid Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • student: Nobody wants a university to be an educational factory which turns out mindless, dull, vapid, students.
  • entertainment: Job done, even if it's not going to sate appetites for anything more than vapid entertainment.
  • style: Then 18th-century musicians bemoaned the florid and vapid new style of Italian virtuosity which was destroying the true art on which they grew up.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: And I recently saw an interview with her and she came across as very vapid and artificial American.