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Meanings of blandness in English

Portuguese
insipidez
Catalan
insipidesa
Spanish
insipidez

Lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property.

insipidez

The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner.

Usage of blandness in English
1
He moved along with it, amazed by the blandness of the presence.
Hell House
2
It is adding, they suggest, to a worrying blandness in musical tastes.
The Guardian
3
However impatient he may have been with her blandness he said readily:
Main Street
4
It reflects a wildness and a kindness, and rejects blandness and self-importance.
The Irish Times
5
Embedded in the blandness of the Corn Belt were plenty of Jokers.
The Long Earth
6
She represents good taste without the blandness which this term so often implies.
The Irish Times
7
Yet we can't just blame the industry for the blandness of its output.
The Guardian
8
Watson, of course, could do no more than respond with dollops of blandness.
The Guardian
9
Jewish cooking today has a reputation for blandness, not entirely unearned.
97 orchard: an edible history of five immigrant families in one ...
10
A smile of luxurious blandness spreads over the face of the young man.
Walking-Stick Papers
11
She threw into her smile all the blandness her sex alone can command.
The Heart of Unaga
12
The day was over and Madame's blandness was convincing evidence of her satisfaction.
Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage
13
They are chalk and cheese, blandness and bile, candy and acid.
The Guardian
14
His blandness had all vanished, his grey eyes were as hard as steel.
The Cinema Murder
15
Today, the only choice is between two forms of blandness.
The Irish Times
16
In time we were conveyed onwards into the padded blandness of a transit area.
The Guardian
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Translations for blandness
Portuguese
insipidez
Catalan
insipidesa
Blandness through the time
Blandness across language varieties
United Kingdom
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