Word – Vapid

Vapid – Word of the Day

Meaning:

(adj.) Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland.

Origin:

The word “vapid” was first used in the 1650s, and is borrowed from the Latin word vapidus(meaning “lacking in flavour”). It was used to refer to wine.

Examples:

1. Janice is an incredibly gossipy and vapid woman. Completely undateable.
2. The entire city seemed so lifeless and vapid. I’m never going back there again.
3. The lemonade was vapid but pleasant. Not too bad, not too good.
4. The movie was so vapid. I can’t believe I wasted a hundred bucks on that!
5. I don’t like going to parties anymore. The vapid conversations I have with others bore me. I need something more stimulating.
6. Ohh I don’t listen to Eminem’s music anymore. His new stuff is just so vapid.
7. The book was super vapid, I have no idea how I even finished it. 
8. Cricket is such a vapid sport. It lasts for five days and there’s a chance that no one wins. I don’t have time for that!
9. The pizza at Gianni’s tasted like the pizza of every cheap pizzeria: vapid, greasy, and mediocre.
10. I just sat through the most vapid cop movie ever. Why do they even make those anymore?
11. Small talk is so vapid. Why can’t we just open up and talk about the big things?