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vapid expression

NOUN
cliché
Synonyms
WEAK
adage banality boiler plate bromide buzzword chestnut commonplace corn counterword familiar tune motto old story platitude potboiler prosaism proverb saying shibboleth slogan stale saying stereotype threadbare phrase trite remark triteness triviality truism

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The loose-lipped, vapid expression was gone, and the blue-gray eyes stared into his own with burning intensity.

From The Challenge of the North by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

I looked in vain in the countenance of Lucrezia for some trace, some testimony of the crimes imputed to her; but she is a fair, golden-haired, gentle-looking creature, with a feeble and vapid expression.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)