bland

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective lacking taste or flavor or tang
  2. adjective lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
  3. adjective smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant, flattering”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid

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