become+vapid

  • 121play — n 1. drama, dramatic play, stage play; stage show, show; theatrical piece, theatricals, piece, work, vehicle; screenplay, photoplay, photodrama, Inf. opus; teleplay, television drama or play, TV drama or play; radio drama or play, broadcast… …

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  • 122stale — I [[t]steɪl[/t]] adj. stal•er, stal•est, 1) not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread 2) musty; stagnant: stale air[/ex] 3) hackneyed; trite: a stale joke[/ex] 4) having lost interest, initiative, or the like, as from… …

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  • 123stale — I. /steɪl / (say stayl) adjective (staler, stalest) 1. not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread. 2. having lost novelty or interest; hackneyed; trite: a stale joke. 3. having lost fresh vigour, quick intelligence,… …

  • 124M.D.F.’s — “My Daddy’s Famous” – an initialism used to describe celebrity offspring who seem to expect the same level of adulation as their parents. Writing in The Telegraph, Jasper Gerard compared Britain’s coterie of celebrity offspring to the “Bright… …

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  • 125stale — stale1 [stāl] adj. staler, stalest [ME, prob. via Anglo Norm < OFr estale, quiet, stagnant < Gmc * stall: for IE base see STILL1] 1. having lost freshness; made musty, dry, bad, etc. by having been kept too long; specif., a) flat; vapid;… …

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  • 126thin — [thin] adj. thinner, thinnest [ME thinne < OE thynne, akin to Ger dünn < IE * tenu , thin < base * ten , to stretch > L tenuis, thin, tenere, to hold, tendere & Gr teinein, to stretch] 1. having relatively little depth; of little… …

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