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vap·id

vapid

 
 
pronunciation:
vae pihd
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition: lacking spirit, life, or flavor; dull; uninteresting.
His parents had hoped that he would study accounting, but he considered it a vapid subject.
synonyms:
bland, boring, dull, insipid, uninteresting
antonyms:
lively
similar words:
arid, barren, blank, colorless, empty, feeble, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, prosaic, spiritless, tame, tedious
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)vapid absolutely, either, especially, increasingly, most, particularly
(adj.)vapid + noun age, argument, article, celebrity, character, dread, expression, face, girl, hour, landscape, look, love, magazine, music, politics, smile, television, voice, writing
derivations: vapidly (adv.), vapidity (n.), vapidness (n.)