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Adjective
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blander, comparative; blandest, superlative;
  1. Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting
    • - rebelling against the bland uniformity
  2. (of food or drink) Mild or insipid
    • - bland and unadventurous vegetarian dish
    • - bland beers of mediocre quality
  3. (of a person or behavior) Showing no strong emotion; dull and unremarkable
    • - offering bland reassurance
    • - his expression was bland and unreadable
  1. lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
  2. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
  3. politic: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
  4. (blandly) in a bland manner; "his blandly incompetent attempts"
  5. (blandness) the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern; "the blandness of his confession enraged the judge"
  6. (blandness) lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property
  7. (blandness) suavity: the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner
  8. Bland is a surname, and may refer to: *Alexander Bland, Wales international rugby player *Bill Bland, a British communist *Bobby Bland, American singer *Christopher Bland, British politician *Colin Bland, Rhodesian cricketer *Edward Bland, composer and musical director *Francis Bland, Australian ...
  9. Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave; Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating; Lacking in taste or vigor
  10. (Blandness) Gwen Stacy had arguably grown bland. Ironically, in ASM #31, she was a spunky, lively character with a lot of attitude. ...
  11. Lacking coffee flavor and characteristics. A primary coffee taste sensation created as the sugars in the coffee combine with the salts to reduce the overall saltiness of the coffee. Found most often in washed arabica coffees grown at elevations below 2,000 feet, such as a Guatemalan. ...
  12. The pale flavor often found in low grown robusta coffees. Also caused by under-extraction (too little coffee or too course a grind).
  13. A paddle blade design which is meant to travel as flutter-free as possible in the water. Excellent for uses where fast strokes are common as in creeking and rodeo. This blade shape is balanced across the shaft to be stable through the water.
  14. A pale or neutral flavor (primary taste sensation) that is common in Robusta coffee’s which are grown at low elevations. A bland coffee lacks significant flavor as well as the other major coffee quality characteristics (e.g., aroma, acidity).
  15. Perceived by the sides of the tongue and ranging in taste from soft to neutral. Found often in washed Arabica coffees such as Guatemalan Low Grown.
  16. without a strong taste, neutral in flavor e.g. boiled rice
  17. with no clear etymology: Blandila.
  18. A flat, neutral taste.