blandness

Noun

blandness (countable and uncountable, plural blandnesses)

1. (obsolete) Mildness, gentleness.
   • These temporary apprehensions, so vague but so awful, derived a wondrous potency from the contrasting serenity of the weather, in which, beneath all its blue blandness, some thought there lurked a devilish charm, as for days and days we voyaged along, through seas so wearily, lonesomely mild, that...1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
2. Lack of taste or flavor.

   Synonyms:

   flavorlessness

3. Lack of interest or appeal.
   • But generally, these summits have been real snoozers, producing statements of such vague blandness that they make G-20 resolutions read like Harry Potter page-turners.2011 April 14, Michael Schuman, “Do the BRICS believe in free markets?”, in Time, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2025

   Synonyms:

   dullness, insipidness