"VAPID" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} VAPID (not comparable)
  1. (mnemonic) An acronym for remembering undesirable characteristics for goal-setting: vague, amorphous, pie-in-the-sky, irrelevant, delayed/disassociated. Tags: mnemonic, not-comparable
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