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Recent Examples of vapidity
None of his editors or longtime publishers appears to have thought of protecting him or acknowledging the manuscript’s vapidity.
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Michael Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Fans willing to overlook the obvious vapidity of director Rob Reiner, a hostile Democrat-progressive zealot, prove that some conservatives are bamboozled by liberalism’s kindly pretense.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Feb. 2024
After all, its themes, centered on the emptiness of power — and the vapidity of those who seek to be close to it — are timeless, especially in this city.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
The satirist Jonathan Swift, for example, took aim at the vapidity of upper-class banter in his 1738 treatise A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation.
—Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 20 July 2023
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Michael Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Fans willing to overlook the obvious vapidity of director Rob Reiner, a hostile Democrat-progressive zealot, prove that some conservatives are bamboozled by liberalism’s kindly pretense.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Feb. 2024
After all, its themes, centered on the emptiness of power — and the vapidity of those who seek to be close to it — are timeless, especially in this city.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
The satirist Jonathan Swift, for example, took aim at the vapidity of upper-class banter in his 1738 treatise A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation.
—Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 20 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vapidity
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Only his near contemporary, the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens (who survived into old age), who weirdly enough also was a lawyer for an insurance company, rivals Kafka in terms of the inverse proportion of literary originality and canonical significance to dullness of life story.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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Though Brezavscek says anyone noticing dryness or dullness, or looking for a gentle, yet effective product post-treatment—think microneedling, laser, or Botox—can benefit from this serum, those interested in more intensive repair might appreciate the brand’s new 3xGF Serum instead.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
29 Aug. 2025
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Searching for a logical progression from The Office and like-minded comedies, so far The Paper has come up with a strange, often funny hybrid, with characters experiencing Parks and Rec idealism and Office-style fluorescent-light tedium simultaneously and sometimes incoherently.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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What rescues the film from tedium are the characterizations, which are well-drawn even under the briefest circumstances.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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It’s powered by your own hand—only without the tediousness of using a needle and thread.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Vapidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vapidity. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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