vapid

Example Sentences

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"Someone can be vapid, have no depth and be on reality TV, but that doesn't mean that's true for every contestant," she adds.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Ed, one of the sons of the family -- played by Turner -- serves as a narrator of sorts and sums up the rest of his family as "lazy, mediocre, vapid egotists".

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

After returning to France, she moved past society gossip and vapid crooks like Weidmann to write notable profiles of Philippe Pétain and Charles de Gaulle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

“Grass,” Victoria sighs brainlessly, and she checks out from reality again, unaware that vapid admission has cast her in the grim two-hander playing in her frantic husband's head.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025

I learn that Lou Anne, whom I find dull and vapid and have never paid much mind to, gave Louvenia two weeks off with pay so she could help her grandson.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett