bland
adjective
[ bland ]
• lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting.
• "bland, mass-produced pop music"
Similar:
uninteresting,
dull,
boring,
tedious,
monotonous,
dry,
drab,
dreary,
wearisome,
unexciting,
unimaginative,
uninspiring,
uninspired,
weak,
insipid,
colourless,
lustreless,
lacklustre,
vapid,
flat,
stale,
trite,
vacuous,
feeble,
pallid,
wishy-washy,
limp,
lame,
tired,
lifeless,
torpid,
unanimated,
zestless,
spiritless,
sterile,
anaemic,
barren,
tame,
bloodless,
antiseptic,
middle-of-the-road,
run-of-the-mill,
commonplace,
mediocre,
nondescript,
characterless,
mundane,
inoffensive,
humdrum,
prosaic,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘gentle in manner’): from Latin blandus ‘soft, smooth’.
