US /ˈvæpɪd/ UK /ˈvæp.ɪd/
adj Freq #45129

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest

    It was a vapid conversation but pleasant enough.

  2. 2
    adj

    lacking taste, flavor or tang

    The food at the restaurant was rather vapid.

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Synonyms
2 adj · lacking taste, flavor or tang flat
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms vapidityvapidlyvapidness

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).

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