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vapidness

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vap·id  (vpd, vpd)
adj.
1. Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull: vapid conversation.
2. Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat: vapid beer.
[Latin vapidus.]
va·pidi·ty, vapid·ness n.
vapid·ly adv.
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Noun1.vapidness - the quality of being vapid and unsophisticatedvapidness - the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
jejunity, tameness, vapidity, jejuneness
dullness - the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees"
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