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Word: vapid

Definition: lacking liveliness; dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless; Ex. vapid lecture


Sentences Containing 'vapid'

It would be hard to conceive of anything more vapid than the style and conception of these letters; clearly the man was a pedant without imagination or taste.

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