vapid

[ vap-id ]

adjective

1. without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious:

   a vapid party;

   vapid conversation.

   Synonyms: prosaic, tiresome, lifeless, spiritless

2. lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat:

   vapid tea.

   Antonyms: pungent

vapid

/ ˈvæpɪd /

adjective

1. bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat
2. boring or dull; lifeless

   vapid talk

Derived Forms

• vaˈpidity, noun
• ˈvapidness, noun
• ˈvapidly, adverb

Other Words From

• va·pidi·ty vapid·ness noun
• vapid·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of vapid¹

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin vapidus; akin to vapor

Word History and Origins

Origin of vapid¹

C17: from Latin vapidus; related to vappa tasteless or flat wine, and perhaps to vapor warmth

Example Sentences

The hosts, played by Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry, are vapid and uninterested.

From Time

The film paints most of these characters as vultures of the art world, often using the high-flown linguistic semantics of academia and artistic discourse to obfuscate the vapid nature of the work they’re doing.

From Vox

To risk a truly vapid cliché, California contains multitudes.

From Vox

Because instead of equality, health care, peace, safety and support, Mother’s Day had become an occasion for vapid expressions of “love and reverence,” increasingly characterized by flowers, brunch and store-bought cards.

From Washington Post

By now, you would think that journalists should have tired of giving their vapid ideas yet another platform.

From The Daily Beast

She is too vapid and immature (and untalented) to pull off something really seductive.

From The Daily Beast

Was it tough to make these inherently vapid, Valley Girl-ish characters be compelling onscreen?

From The Daily Beast

Grand language wrapped around a thin message produces only vapid blather.

From The Daily Beast

You pretty much can't get a better absurdist parody of politicians' vapid sure-is-nice-to-be-here patter than that.

From The Daily Beast

The water, too, had become very mawkish and vapid, and there was scarcely any tea left; what remained was used up that evening.

From Project Gutenberg

He picked up his "Enquirer," but the political news was stale and vapid: the "Whig" was tried with no better success.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no gilt, no mock modesty in his style; there is to vapid sentimentalism in the ideas he expounds.

From Project Gutenberg

I would not barter one hour of such thoughts—chimerical though they may be—for ten years of this vapid, surface life.

From Project Gutenberg

For the first time he did not admire it very much; for the first time he found it a trifle soulless and vapid.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• boring
• innocuous
• insipid
• stale
• tedious
• uninspiring