blander

Adjective

bland (comparative blander, superlative blandest)

1. Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
   • a bland oil

   Synonyms:

   anodyne

2. Lacking in taste or flavor.
   • The coffee was bland.

   Synonyms:

   flat, tasteless, wallow, cardboard, flaggy, flavorless, ingustible, intastable, savorless, insipid

3. Lacking in vigor.
   • First and foremost, alternative country artists generally claim to reject mainstream country music as musically indistinguishable from bland pop music, as lyrically superficial, and as having no artistic merit […]2012, John Shepherd, David Horn, Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World

   Synonyms:

   tame, anodyne

4. (figuratively) Lacking interest; boring; dull.
   • bland comment

   Synonyms:

   lackluster, wan, banal, basic, mindless, beat, blah, commonplace, boring, cold

5. (archaic) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
   • Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?1818, John Keats, Sonnet

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