vapid
pronunciation
How to pronounce vapid in British English:
UK [ˈvæpɪd]
How to pronounce vapid in American English:
US [ˈvæpɪd, ˈvepɪd]
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- Adjective:
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
Word Origin
- vapid (adj.)
- 1650s, "flat, insipid" (of drinks), from Latin vapidus "flat, insipid," literally "that has exhaled its vapor," related to vappa "stale wine," and probably to vapor "vapor." Applied from 1758 to talk and writing deemed dull and lifeless. Related: Vapidly; vapidness.
Example
- 1. To rousethe vapid devil of her hate ?
- 2. Too bad the vapid stare isn 't included .
- 3. The next issue is that reviewing is generally dull and vapid .
- 4. Their publications were vapid and amateurish .
- 5. Many economists , journalists , and politicians will have you believe that consumer culture will lead to a vapid , empty life .