vapidity

1 9.3

A lack of energy and interest in speech or writing

noun
/vəˈpɪdəti/

: vapididad

The CliffsNotes version: posting vapidity frequently doesn't get you anywhere.

So she has all of the vapidity of brat but but none of the redeeming qualities.

Examples

His speech was filled with vapidity, leaving the audience bored rather than inspired.
To be associated, even if only in my own mind, with such vapidity is painful.

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If it had a softcover and was labeled as a magazine, nobody would think to comment on its vapidity.

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Joan Walsh's latest appearance comes to mind as a prime example of smiling, near-perfect vapidity.

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This ironic ethos can lead to a vacuity and vapidity of the individual and collective psyche.

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Many viewers criticized the movie for its vapidity and lack of engaging characters.
The article's vapidity made it difficult to stay focused on the main points.

Synonyms

boringness

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2 3.8

A state that makes you lose interest

is broader meaning lack of liveliness beyond simple boredom

listlessness

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2 6.8

A feeling of little energy and no interest

is a general quality rather than a temporary low energy state

dreariness

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1 6.2

A dull, gloomy feeling that makes things seem not interesting

focuses on lack of liveliness rather than specifically being gloomy

deadness

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1 5.3

A state of no life or energy that makes a person feel empty

is milder referring to lack of liveliness rather than total absence

dullness

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1 3.7

Something that is not interesting or exciting

is about absence of liveliness rather than general boredom

drabness

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1 5.1

A plain, dull appearance with no bright color or style

is about absence of liveliness not only lack of color or style

lifelessness

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1 5.4

A lack of life, energy, or movement

is less extreme applying to lacking liveliness without complete absence

insipidity

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1 9.6

Lack of flavor or interest that makes something dull

emphasizes lack of liveliness not only taste or blandness

vapidness

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8.4

A feeling that something is dull and boring

is the alternate form with identical meaning but different suffix

insipidness

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8.2

Being dull and without strong taste or interest

focuses on lack of liveliness rather than taste or blandness

airlessness

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7.8

A feeling in writing, speech, or events that is dull and lacks energy and new ideas

focuses on lack of liveliness rather than only stale style

prosaicness

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9.1

The quality of being ordinary and not exciting

is about missing liveliness rather than specifically lacking poetry

prosiness

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9.9

A dull way of writing or speaking that is not creative

focuses on general lack of liveliness beyond poetic absence

mundaneness

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6.7

A state of being ordinary and not exciting

is about lack of liveliness rather than only plain ordinariness

tameness

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5.8

The quality of being boring and unoriginal

refers to missing liveliness not merely a subdued gentle manner

jejuneness

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Formal

9.9

The quality of being dull and simple without much real meaning

is broader highlighting lack of liveliness rather than simple thinness

jejunity

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Archaic

9.9

A simple, dull quality that makes something uninteresting

focuses on general lack of liveliness rather than only crude simplicity

stodginess

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8.4

A serious, old-fashioned style that feels boring

is broader meaning lack of liveliness rather than just heaviness

spiritlessness

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8.2

A lack of energy and interest that makes a person feel tired and low

focuses on missing liveliness as a general quality not only lack of spirit

tepidness

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7.0

A weak feeling of interest or excitement

is broader referring to lack of liveliness not only low intensity

dragginess

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8.9

A slow, dull feeling that makes you tired

is about general lack of liveliness rather than specifically slow pace

Antonyms

animation

Specialized

145 3.8

Making moving pictures from drawings or computer images

vitality

16 4.6

Ability of a living thing to survive and grow

How Interesting

tedium

10 6.8

lifelessness

1 5.4

vapidity

1 9.3

banality

10 7.2

Surface Forms

vapidity singular

vapidities plural

Morphology

vapidity = vapid (transparent) = vapid + ity

The noun 'vapidity' is transparently derived from the adjective 'vapid' with the suffix '-ity' indicating a state or quality.

Etymology

Vapidity comes from vapid, from the Latin vapidus, and is linked to vapor, which means 'steam' or 'breath'. Think of steam as light and empty, so something 'vapid' has no strong taste or energy; that's why vapidity means the quality of being dull or lifeless.