vapid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++vap·id /ˈvæpɪd/ adjective INTERESTING#lacking intelligence, interest, or imagination 缺少灵性的；乏味的；平庸的 vapid conversation 平淡乏味的对话 —vapidity /væˈpɪdəti/ noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

vapid• Janice was in Martha's creative writing class and wrote short, bland poetry that resembled vapid Anglican hymns.• The most highly regarded also had an articulate vision, going beyond vapid cliches of what the nation should become.• It sounds vapid enough: the kind of remark Mrs Whosis on the ground floor would expect from me.• And in his definitive text the novelist voices social unsteadiness as empty groupings and vapid motions.• a vapid TV announcerOrigin vapid (1600-1700) Latin vapidus “flat-tasting”

vap·id adjectiveChineseSyllable

intelligence, or lacking Corpus interest, imagination

vapid
vap‧id /ˈvæpəd, ˈvæpɪd/