bland

Under the proposals, packging would need to be bland, with limits on what imagery and branding could be used.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

More than this, Washington was not a beautiful man, but rather colorless, pockmarked, bland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Some enjoy their khichuri bland, with no vegetables or seasonings.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

“A lot of the songs were quite bland, but they were a way of saying we can be members of the same community.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

After being served some questionable food at otherwise charming roadside diners, I learned to value the bland certainty of a McDonald’s cheeseburger.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Because the problem is that the better you get, the more sort of blander it gets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Pressure from these investors may also add to the US app feeling "blander" said Mr Navarra.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

Consumers, bored by the softer, blander Red Delicious variety that had ruled grocery aisles for decades, discovered an apple that was sweet and so texturally satisfying they never looked back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

The flavors of zucchini and yellow summer squash are similar, with the yellow versions being a little blander, and sometimes less firm in texture.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

Those “unnatural” feeds make chickens with mushier and blander meat.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Temperatures are dropping, grocery prices keep climbing, and there’s a small, almost alchemical satisfaction in transforming the blandest, cheapest grain in the aisle into a breakfast worth lingering over.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025

By contrast, Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly described the opening scene as "the blandest possible orientation, Epic Fantasy for Dummies" and said the good news is that "the beginning is the worst part."

From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2022

The electronic accompaniment is minimalism at its seemingly banal blandest — Satie or Philip Glass reduced to beginner rhythms and harmonies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2021

As a protagonist, Sandy is the blandest of heroes, “a middle person, a middleman,” Lethem writes.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2020

Those self-important women gained local immortality for the blandest, the most timid of eccentricities—walking a cat on a dog’s lead, riding about on a man’s bike, being seen with a sandwich in the street.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan