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vapid

Posted on January 9, 2014January 9, 2014 by admin

vae pihd

adjective

lacking spirit, life, or flavor; dull; uninteresting.
His parents had hoped that he would study accounting, but he considered it a vapid subject.

“Saying ‘I notice you’re a nerd’ is like saying ‘hey, I notice that you’d rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you’d rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan.” John Green, “How Nerdfighters Drop Insults”, July 27, 2007

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