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bland
1[ bland ]
adjective
- pleasantly gentle or agreeable:
a bland, affable manner.
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- soothing or balmy, as air:
a bland southern breeze.
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- nonirritating, as food or medicines:
a bland diet.
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- not highly flavored; mild; tasteless:
a bland sauce.
- lacking in special interest, liveliness, individuality, etc.; insipid; dull:
a bland young man; a bland situation comedy.
- unemotional, indifferent, or casual:
his bland acknowledgment of guilt.
Bland
2[ bland ]
noun
- James A(llen), 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
bland
/ æԻ /
adjective
- devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; dull
bland food
- gentle and agreeable; suave
- (of the weather) mild and soothing
- unemotional or unmoved
a bland account of atrocities
Derived Forms
- ˈԻ, adverb
- ˈԻԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Իl adverb
- Իn noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of bland1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bland1
Example Sentences
She told BBC Indonesian at the time that the food, which had given her a stomach ache, was "bland and stale".
In the advertising, the Hallow app seems bland enough.
After so many years of eating the rich, the taste has grown bland.
Swap a bland pork chop and limp kale for bold, sautéed kale topped with crispy, miso-seasoned ground pork.
He's described as being "a deceptively bland middle-aged man... trusted and respected by his subordinates and colleagues... who occasionally clashes with the intelligence bureaucracy and sometimes feels that professional duty compromises his personal honour".
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