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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)

  1. Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
  2. 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.
  3. Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:wearisome, Thesaurus:soporific

Derived terms

  • vapidity
  • vapidly
  • vapidness

Translations

Anagrams

  • pavid

Estonian

Noun

vapid

  1. 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)

  1. (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.
  2. (of a person) Frivolous and silly; featherbrained or scatterbrained.

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