vapid
Collocations
5ADJ.
hard, kind, numerous, senseless, timely, uninteresting, vague
VERB + VAPID
bubbles, forms, pet, says, stars, talks
VAPID + NOUN
entertainment, fin, goals, si
PREP.
about, whereas
ADV.
ever, incredibly, truly
Definitions
adj
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
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 […]
Lifeless, dull, or banal.
Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.
Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
adj
An acronym for remembering undesirable characteristics for goal-setting: vague, amorphous, pie-in-the-sky, irrelevant, delayed/disassociated.
One of the things that Paterson talks about is VAPID goals. He says that “VAPID goals are what we often set if we’re not thinking about it”.
SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely goals, whereas VAPID goals are Vague, Amorphous, Pie-in-the-sky, Irrelevant, Dissociated goals.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — lacking taste or flavor or tang
- bland
- flat
- flavorless
- flavourless
- insipid
- savorless
- savourless
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6In 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 […]
WiktionaryThen there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.
WiktionaryOne of the things that Paterson talks about is VAPID goals. He says that “VAPID goals are what we often set if we’re not thinking about it”.
WiktionarySMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely goals, whereas VAPID goals are Vague, Amorphous, Pie-in-the-sky, Irrelevant, Dissociated goals.
WiktionaryWhat kind of vapid comments will I get on this sentence?
Tatoeba · #1420485I am too easily distracted by numerous forms of vapid entertainment to ever amount to anything.
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