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vapidness

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vap⋅id

  [vap-id]
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–adjective
1. lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
2. without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation.
Origin:
1650–60; < L vapidus; akin to vapor

Related forms:
va⋅pid⋅i⋅ty, vap⋅id⋅ness, noun
vap⋅id⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. lifeless, flavorless. 2. spiritless, unanimated, tiresome, prosaic.

Antonyms:
1. pungent. 2. stimulating.
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vap·id   (vāp'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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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