bland

Sodha says that limiting each plant to 750ml of water a day produces "rich, highly concentrated sugars and aromas instead of water-logged, bland fruits".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The new complex’s museum presents a bland, uninspiring collection of ephemera.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

Gone was the bland acceptance of people minding their own business, replaced by a visible, angry resentment that became gossip, and taunts and name-calling in the school yard.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

In 1920, Sen. Warren G. Harding campaigned for president on one of the blandest platforms in U.S. history.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2022

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 instinct of most corporate leaders is to seek safety by staying with the herd and issuing only the blandest possible statements, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2021

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