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vapid

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vapid  \Vap"id\,  a.  [L.  vapidus  having  lost  its  lire  and  spirit, 
  vapid;  akin  to  vappa  vapid  wine,  vapor  vapor.  See  {Vapor}.] 
  Having  lost  its  life  and  spirit;  dead;  spiritless;  insipid; 
  flat;  dull;  unanimated;  as  vapid  beer;  a  vapid  speech;  a 
  vapid  state  of  the  blood. 
 
  A  cheap,  bloodless  reformation,  a  guiltless  liberty, 
  appear  flat  and  vapid  to  their  taste.  --Burke. 
  --  {Vap"id*ly},  adv  --  {Vap"id*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vapid 
  adj  1:  lacking  taste  or  flavor  or  tang;  "a  bland  diet";  "insipid 
  hospital  food";  "flavorless  supermarket  tomatoes"; 
  "vapid  beer";  "vapid  tea"  [syn:  {bland},  {flat},  {flavorless}, 
  {flavourless},  {insipid},  {savorless}] 
  2:  lacking  significance  or  liveliness  or  spirit  or  zest;  "a 
  vapid  conversation";  "a  vapid  smile";  "a  bunch  of  vapid 
  schoolgirls"




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