Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or state of being vapid, dull, or insipid; vapidness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being vapid; vapidness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
vapid ;vapidness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
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Examples
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Amanda Seyfried is the star by far, as she takes a character nearly equal in vapidity and breathes life into her.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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Amanda Seyfried is the star by far, as she takes a character nearly equal in vapidity and breathes life into her.
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Unfortunately, Myers's review of Tree of Smoke offers no evidence that this sort of stylistic vapidity is what he has is mind in lamenting the dominance of the sentence in contemporary prose.
Style in Fiction 2009
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I realize that some of you may be former readers of my Project Runway recaps who are probably wondering why I am lowering my standards to spend time trying to rehash the "plot" of Pregnant in Heels, Bravo's latest effort at commercializing the vapidity of a specific subset of wealthy New York women.
Una LaMarche: Pregnant in Heels Ep. 1: The Couple Who Branded Their Baby Una LaMarche 2011
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I realize that some of you may be former readers of my Project Runway recaps who are probably wondering why I am lowering my standards to spend time trying to rehash the "plot" of Pregnant in Heels, Bravo's latest effort at commercializing the vapidity of a specific subset of wealthy New York women.
Una LaMarche: Pregnant in Heels Ep. 1: The Couple Who Branded Their Baby Una LaMarche 2011
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Come to think of it, the vapidity and dishonesty of most of these pseudo-books, especially in light of this past weekend's tragedy in Arizona, should cause more lunch-losing than all the rotting meat in America combined.
Michael Sigman: Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography' Michael Sigman 2011
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Come to think of it, the vapidity and dishonesty of most of these pseudo-books, especially in light of this past weekend's tragedy in Arizona, should cause more lunch-losing than all the rotting meat in America combined.
Michael Sigman: Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography' Michael Sigman 2011
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I realize that some of you may be former readers of my Project Runway recaps who are probably wondering why I am lowering my standards to spend time trying to rehash the "plot" of Pregnant in Heels, Bravo's latest effort at commercializing the vapidity of a specific subset of wealthy New York women.
Una LaMarche: Pregnant in Heels Ep. 1: The Couple Who Branded Their Baby Una LaMarche 2011
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Her "Body Talk" was a bulletproof Europop album that eschewed the genre's vapidity for songs of empowerment and independence — which isn't to suggest that she's above letting Snoop Dogg ruin a song, or delving into Jamaican dancehall on her own terms, or delivering an acoustic performance on an episode of "Gossip Girl."
Melting With Winter's Melodies Andy Beta 2011
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One of the many frightening aspects to Palin as politician is that she flaunts her vapidity while likening herself and her “causes” to the Founding Fathers.
Think Progress » Palin bars media from two upcoming Florida events. 2010
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