vapid

Definition

Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "In Koons' best-known works—a life-sized poly-chromed wood replica of Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles; vapid fin de siècle readymades such as a trio of basketballs floating in a fishtank […]"
• "Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless."