as in boring
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not lively or interesting
a song with vapid lyrics
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Recent Examples of vapid
The notion that morning TV talk-show hosts are a vapid lot is, well, not exactly a damning critique, but like so much of Don’t Look Up, it’s held up as a scathing, startling takedown, and Blanchett plays it with the same level of obviousness.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025
At a time when electronic music is wracked by nostalgia and vapid genre collisions, the most addictive 2020s phonk offers the thrilling promise of a wild new style.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025
The question of the night is the choice between selling their souls to the vapid American tourists at the Tropicana Club (bad) or singing for their own people on the wrong side of the tracks (good).
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
The question of the night is the choice between selling out their souls to the vapid American tourists at the Tropicana nightclub (bad) or singing for their own people on the wrong side of the tracks (good).
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025
At a time when electronic music is wracked by nostalgia and vapid genre collisions, the most addictive 2020s phonk offers the thrilling promise of a wild new style.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025
The question of the night is the choice between selling their souls to the vapid American tourists at the Tropicana Club (bad) or singing for their own people on the wrong side of the tracks (good).
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
The question of the night is the choice between selling out their souls to the vapid American tourists at the Tropicana nightclub (bad) or singing for their own people on the wrong side of the tracks (good).
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vapid
Adjective
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This is worlds away from that boring deli chicken sandwich, while still being easy enough to whip up on the busiest of days.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
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The contract’s scope of work includes the single bore tunnel, station entrances and exits, the excavation of underground stations and the procurement of a tunnel boring machine.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Mexican men were dismissed as violent Panchos and stupid Pedros.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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There’s more stupid romance around harder substances but few chemicals are more hazardous to ambition than THC.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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The departing older president, the incoming younger Kennedy.—
Dr. Richard Fichman,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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While older South Koreans remain most at risk, suicide is now the leading cause of death for those aged 10 to 39.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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And what often emerges instead is a dull kind of numbness, chronic irritability or total withdrawal.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Get rid of dull and dirty razor heads (which should no longer be used) and pair your bathing supplies down to only the items that are used on a weekly basis.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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The music is, for the most part, quiet and slow, often hovering at the edge of silence.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Repeated waxing weakens follicles, making hair grow in finer and slower over time.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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Seeing that expansion and contraction over and over for six episodes (let alone three seasons) can grow tiring, and Season 3 certainly suffers from a sense of exhaustion.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
27 June 2025
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Now in his 80s trips to the islands are more challenging, and maintaining a boat that can make the journey is expensive and tiring.—
Kathleen Rellihan,
Outside Online,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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This year’s International Game schedule is pretty blah outside of the beautiful locales — Dublin, London, Berlin, Madrid.—
Richard Deitsch,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Sure, the challenges were a bit blah, but still, a rousing and triumphant success.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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The unusual start time—one that was especially onerous to viewers on the West Coast—limited Woods’ live deliveries to a rather pedestrian 10.8 million viewers.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Hurts and the Eagles passing attack has been pedestrian since his return from a concussion.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Vapid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vapid. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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