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bland
adjective
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 5
- Starts with
- B
- Ends with
- D
- Contains
- LAN
- Scrabble score
- 8
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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Meaning
Definitions
adjective
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
“he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage”
adjective
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
“a bland little drama”
adjective
lacking taste or flavor or tang
“a bland diet”
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Example Sentences
he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage
the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error
a bland little drama
a flat joke
a bland diet
insipid hospital food
flavorless supermarket tomatoes
vapid beer
vapid tea
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