vapid

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vapidus (flat, vapid).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈvæp.ɪd/, /ˈveɪp.ɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æpɪd

Adjective

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vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)

  1. Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
    • 1995, Steven Daly, Nathaniel Wice, “Koons, Jeff”, in alt.culture, New York: HarperPerennial, →ISBN:
      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 []
  2. Lifeless, dull, or banal.
    • 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, →ISBN, page 30:
      Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.
  3. Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

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Noun

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vapid

  1. nominative plural of vapp