Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a vapid manner; without animation; insipidly.
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- adverb In a
vapid manner;insipidly ;pointlessly ; notinspiring ; in a manner unlikely to make an impression.
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- adverb in a vapid manner
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Examples
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Say something nice, something friendly, something clever, something ridiculous, something vapidly amusing, something about coffee or chocolate or how much you love person X or how much you admire person Y or has anybody seen that awesome thing that person Z wrote yesterday? or oh, look, MUPPETS.
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With one eye on the clock, I would vapidly go through the motions of the Batteries and Grand jetés so that I could rush home to my queens: Lil' P, Terrible T and Sweet L.D collectively known as Oaktown's 3.5.7.
Sasha Brookner: Sabar: African Hip-Hop Sasha Brookner 2012
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Cynics vapidly pointing out that Meercats cannot drive are missing the point, which any fool should be able to see is to reduce RTAs involving police vehicles to zero.
“Response Times” Are Back SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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After all, for every genuine inherited talent like Duncan "Zowie Bowie" Jones, there seems to be a Peaches Geldof waiting vapidly in the wings.
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With one eye on the clock, I would vapidly go through the motions of the Batteries and Grand jetés so that I could rush home to my queens: Lil' P, Terrible T and Sweet L.D collectively known as Oaktown's 3.5.7.
Sasha Brookner: Sabar: African Hip-Hop Sasha Brookner 2012
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Because they are vicious, willfully stupid (not ignorant, mind you) lying hypocrites as devoid of integrity as they are vapidly lacking in anything like intelligence.
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We write ponderously important books that no one really wants to read, or we write vapidly exciting books that expect nothing of their readers and less of their writers.
MIND MELD: What You Should Know About Speculative Fiction and Mainstream Acceptance (Part 2) 2009
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In particular, the debate over health care and cap-and-trade now transpiring in Congress has been an all-out legislator-lobbyist orgy of disappointment, leaving each historic policy proposal vapidly deflated.
Stuart Whatley: Obama's Agenda: Hope, Change and Lobby-Centricity 2010
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But for those concerned about the impact of gay stereotypes and and the cause of acceptance and tolerance, I would suggest that Perez Hilton's vapidly vicious agenda and his bottomless bitchiness ferments much more repellent opinions against gays than Sacha Baron Cohen's slapstick in shaved legs.
John Wellington Ennis: Is Bruno Worse For Gays Than Perez Hilton? 2010
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Obama is declaring his intention to turn these negative trends around - and without simply, vapidly asserting that America is powerful and capable of great feats, he is admitting that it will take tough work, prioritization, and creativity.
Steve Clemons: Obama's West Point Speech Shows Signs of Smart "National Security Strategy" 2010
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