"vapid" meaning in English

See vapid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈvæp.ɪd/ [UK, US], /ˈveɪp.ɪd/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-vapid.ogg Forms: more vapid [comparative], most vapid [superlative]
Rhymes: -æpɪd Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|vapidus|t=flat, vapid}} Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)
  1. Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
    Sense id: en-vapid-en-adj-udIfnOT2
  2. Lifeless, dull, or banal. Translations (lifeless, dull, or banal): банален (banalen) (Bulgarian), изтъркан (iztǎrkan) (Bulgarian), vyčpělý (Czech), nezajímavý (Czech), nezáživný (Czech), einkisigandi (Faroese), mitäänsanomaton (Finnish), mielenkiinnoton (Finnish), tympeä (Finnish), amorphe (French), inintéressant (French), insignifiant (French), niais (French), gourde (French), terne (French), bête (French), couillon (French), cucul (French), cucul-la-praline (French), mièvre (French), უშინაარსო (ušinaarso) (Georgian), მოსაწყენი (mosac̣q̇eni) (Georgian), nichtssagend (German), geistlos (German), flach (German), kraftlos (German), insulso (Italian), scialbo (Italian), banale (Italian), insignificante (Italian), fleiw (Plautdietsch), bezbarwny (Polish), insoso (Portuguese), insosso (Portuguese), banal (Portuguese), banal [masculine] (Romanian), plictisitor [masculine] (Romanian), anost [masculine] (Romanian), nesemnificativ [masculine] (Romanian), ску́чный (skúčnyj) (Russian), isprazan (Serbo-Croatian), beznačajan (Serbo-Croatian), banalan (Serbo-Croatian), bezvezan (Serbo-Croatian), soso (Spanish), bobo (Spanish), memo (Spanish), papanatas (Spanish), pavitonto (Spanish), zoquete (Spanish), sin vida (Spanish), andefattig (Swedish), tråkig (Swedish), tantaloye (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-vapid-en-adj-~FFtbJvR Disambiguation of 'lifeless, dull, or banal': 0 96 4
  3. Tasteless, bland, or insipid. Translations (tasteless, bland, or insipid): блудкав (bludkav) (Bulgarian), безвкусен (bezvkusen) (Bulgarian), nevýrazný (Czech), mdlý (Czech), nemastný neslaný (Czech), nezajímavý (Czech), mitäänsanomaton (Finnish), valju (Finnish), insipide (French), plat (French), fade (French), fadasse (French), უგემოვნო (ugemovno) (Georgian), fad (German), schal (German), flach (German), insipida (Ido), insipido (Italian), scialbo (Italian), scipito (Italian), لیوه (live) (Persian), fleiw (Plautdietsch), beztreściowy (Polish), beztreściwy (Polish), insípido (Portuguese), insipid [masculine] (Romanian), fad [masculine] (Romanian), безвку́сный (bezvkúsnyj) (Russian), bezukusan (Serbo-Croatian), bljutav (Serbo-Croatian), neukusan (Serbo-Croatian), dissàpitu (Sicilian), insípido (Spanish), soso (Spanish), insulso (Spanish), fadd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-vapid-en-adj-CU-QJzQG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 0 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 0 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 0 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 0 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 14 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 6 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 6 0 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 0 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 2 0 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 13 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 5 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 0 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 0 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 5 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 11 5 84 Disambiguation of 'tasteless, bland, or insipid': 1 4 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boring, wearisome, soporific Derived forms: vapidity, vapidly, vapidness

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Sicilian translations",
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      "sense": "lifeless, dull, or banal",
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      "sense": "lifeless, dull, or banal",
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      "code": "pt",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "soso"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "უგემოვნო"
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      "word": "fad"
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      "lang": "German",
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "flach"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "insipida"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "insipido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "scialbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "scipito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "live",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "لیوه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "fleiw"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "beztreściowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "beztreściwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "insípido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "insipid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezvkúsnyj",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "безвку́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "bezukusan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "bljutav"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "neukusan"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "dissàpitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "insípido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "soso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "insulso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tasteless, bland, or insipid",
      "word": "fadd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vapid"
}

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