English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vapidus ( “ flat, vapid ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Adjective
vapid (comparative more vapid , superlative most vapid )
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
Lifeless , dull , or banal .
1857 , Anthony Trollope , Barchester Towers →ISBN
Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid , and senseless. Tasteless , bland , or insipid .
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Translations
lifeless, dull, or banal
Faroese: einkisigandi
Finnish: mitäänsanomaton (fi) , mielenkiinnoton tympeä (fi)
Czech: vyčpělý (cs) ,
French: amorphe (fr) , inintéressant (fr) , insignifiant (fr) , niais (fr) , gourde (fr) , terne (fr) , bête (fr) , couillon (fr) , cucul (fr) , cucul-la-praline (fr) , mièvre (fr)
Georgian: უშინაარსო ( ušinaarso ) , მოსაწყენი ( mosac̣q̇eni )
German: nichtssagend (de) , geistlos (de) , flach (de) , kraftlos (de)
Italian: insulso (it) , scipito (it)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Russian: ску́чный (ru) ( skúčnyj )
Serbo-Croatian: isprazan (sh) , beznačajan (sh) , banalan (sh) , bezvezan (sh)
Spanish: soso (es) , bobo (es) , memo (es) , papanatas (es) , pavitonto zoquete (es) , sin vida
Swedish: andefattig (sv) , tråkig (sv)
Walloon: tantaloye (wa) m or f
tasteless, bland, or insipid
Finnish: mitäänsanomaton (fi) , valju
French: insipide (fr) , plat (fr) , fade (fr) , fadasse (fr)
Georgian: უგემოვნო ( ugemovno )
German: fad (de) , schal (de) , flach (de)
Ido: insipida (io)
Italian: insipido (it) , scipito (it)
Persian: لیوه (fa) ( live )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Russian: безвку́сный (ru) ( bezvkúsnyj )
Serbo-Croatian: bezukusan (sh) , bljutav (sh) , neukusan (sh)
Sicilian: dissàpitu (scn)
Spanish: insípido (es) , soso (es) , insulso (es)
Swedish: fadd (sv)
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