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Vapidness

Vapid \Vap"id\, a. [L. vapidus having lost its lire and spirit, vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor vapor. See Vapor.] Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood.

A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste.
--Burke. [1913 Webster] -- Vap"id*ly, adv. -- Vap"id*ness, n.

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vapidness

n. The state or quality of being vapid; vapidity.

WordNet
vapidness

n. the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated [syn: jejunity, jejuneness, tameness, vapidity]