bland
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The meetings typically take place in a bland but functional meeting room at the union headquarters building in Koreatown.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Contrary to popular belief, space food isn’t just freeze-dried packages or long tubes of bland, colorless and soulless slop.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
The Guardian called the film a "bland screensaver of a movie" and gave it a one star rating, while The Independent gave it a slightly higher two stars but also lamented its "blandness".
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Along Portugal’s main north-south highway, there are more than enough bland American-style rest stops, but one turnoff decidedly worth the detour is the 45-minute road to Batalha.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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
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