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DictionaryvapidDull and uninteresting
adjective

vapid

VAP-id/ˈvæpɪd/

Lacking liveliness, substance, or interest.

The repetitive, empty poses make the album feel vapid.

Vapid visual content: a glossy photo album offers page after page of the same empty, mechanically cheerful pose, while its viewer visibly loses interest.
Etymology
vapidLatinflat, insipid

Latin vapidus described a drink gone flat, literally one that had exhaled its vapor. This loss of freshness became a figurative description of dull, spiritless talk and writing.

In context

MooLer64:45
I'd be interested if it's going to be that surface level and vapid or if he's actually going to bring up things that could be substantive.
EFAP #122 - Checking out the Top Ten Mandalorian S2 moments and reviews with Shad and Moriarty

More examples

  • She rejected the vapid slogan.
  • His vapid reply avoided the real issue.
  • The program offered little beyond vapid entertainment.

Forms

vapid · more vapid · most vapid

vapidity noun — lack of substance or interest

Similar words

dull
Dull is broadly uninteresting; vapid suggests emptiness or lack of substance.
insipid
Insipid suggests a lack of flavor or interest; vapid especially applies to expression or entertainment.