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vapid
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?væp.?d/, /?ve?p.?d/
Adjective
vapid (comparative more vapid, superlative most vapid)
- Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- Lifeless, dull, or banal.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 ?ISBN
- Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, page 30 ?ISBN
- Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:wearisome, Thesaurus:soporific
Derived terms
- vapidity
- vapidly
- vapidness
Translations
Anagrams
- pavid
Estonian
Noun
vapid
- nominative plural of vapp
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harebrained
English
Alternative forms
- harebrain
- hare-brained
Etymology
hare +? brained
Adjective
harebrained (comparative more harebrained, superlative most harebrained)
- (of an idea or plan etc) Absurd, foolish or stupid.
- 2008, Sarah McCarty, Promises Reveal, Penguin (?ISBN)
- “Now why do I get the feeling we're not talking about the harebrained plan you came up with?” “It wasn't harebrained.” “Did it have you going within twenty feet of a whorehouse at night, unchaperoned?” He knew darn well it did.
- 2008, Sarah McCarty, Promises Reveal, Penguin (?ISBN)
- (of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained.
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