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What is the adjective for bland?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs bland and blandify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

bland
  1. (now rare) Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
  2. Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
  3. Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. dull, boring, uninteresting, humdrum, insipid, unexciting, flat, prosaic, tedious, monotonous, commonplace, uninspiring, dreary, lifeless, uninspired, colourless, characterless, stale, drab, mundane, dry, tame, lacklustre, colorless, lackluster, unremarkable, vapid, ordinary, wearisome, tiresome, trite, unimaginative, banal, spiritless, vanilla, tired, nondescript, plain, mediocre, feeble, weak, sterile, anemic, anaemic, featureless, lame, limp, nothing, blah, vacuous … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “His family now lived in a typically bland modern suburb, but his heart lay with the little island where he grew up.”
      “Temperatures should pick up by at least a degree, although there will be very little change in the rather bland weather.”
      “These companies seemed to believe that what drinkers wanted to drink was bland beer that was fizzy and tasteless.”
blandiose
  1. Simultaneously dull and overblown; striving to be impressive, but turning out bland or unoriginal.
blander
  1. comparative form of bland: more bland
  2. Synonyms:
      3. duller, boringer, flatter, drearier, staler, drabber, mundaner, drier, tamer, triter, plainer, feebler, weaker, lamer, limper, barrener, pallider, wishy-washier, more uninteresting, more humdrum, more insipid, more unexciting, more prosaic, more tedious, more monotonous, more commonplace, more uninspiring, more lifeless, more uninspired, more colourless, more characterless, more lacklustre, more colorless, more lackluster, more unremarkable, more vapid, more ordinary, more wearisome, more tiresome, more unimaginative, more banal, more spiritless, more vanilla, more tired, more nondescript, more mediocre, more sterile, more anemic, more anaemic, more featureless … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Although homogenization is a purely mechanical treatment, it does affect the flavour of the milk, making it blander.”
      “He received the money, bade her farewell in blander tones than his previous conversation, and hastened from the dwelling.”
      “His voice became yet blander, as, walking onwards towards the lake, he poured into Guatimozin's ear his wishes and instructions.”
blandest
  1. superlative form of bland: most bland
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dullest, boringest, flattest, dreariest, stalest, drabbest, mundanest, driest, tamest, tritest, plainest, feeblest, weakest, lamest, limpest, barrenest, pallidest, wishy-washiest, most uninteresting, most humdrum, most insipid, most unexciting, most prosaic, most tedious, most monotonous, most commonplace, most uninspiring, most lifeless, most uninspired, most colourless, most characterless, most lacklustre, most colorless, most lackluster, most unremarkable, most vapid, most ordinary, most wearisome, most tiresome, most unimaginative, most banal, most spiritless, most vanilla, most tired, most nondescript, most mediocre, most sterile, most anemic, most anaemic, most featureless … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “While they were making the arrangements, Algy came up in his blandest manner.”
      “The Colonel springs off his horse, and Barnes greets him in the blandest manner.”
      “Mr. Hamilton, who is terrific at playing cads, here has the thankless task of being the blandest of good guys.”
blanded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of bland
blandified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of blandify
blandifying
  1. present participle of blandify
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