vapid
/ˈvæp.ɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
adj
An acronym for remembering undesirable characteristics for goal-setting: vague, amorphous, pie-in-the-sky, irrelevant, delayed/disassociated.
Example Sentences
- "In Koons' best-known works—a life-sized poly-chromed wood replica of Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles; vapid fin de siècle readymades such as a trio of basketballs floating in a fishtank […]"
- "Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless."
- "One of the things that Paterson talks about is VAPID goals. He says that “VAPID goals are what we often set if we’re not thinking about it”."
- "SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely goals, whereas VAPID goals are Vague, Amorphous, Pie-in-the-sky, Irrelevant, Dissociated goals."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *kwapōs Latin vapor Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin vapidusbor. English vapid Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvæp.ɪd/
- British English: /ˈvæp.ɪd/
Inflected Forms
more vapid (comparative)
most vapid (superlative)