bland

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. lacking taste or flavor or tang

- a bland diet

Similar word(s): tasteless, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid

2. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

- a bland little drama

Similar word(s): unexciting, unstimulating, flat

3. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

Similar word(s): diplomatic, diplomatical, politic, smooth, suave

Sentences with bland as an adjective:

- a bland oil;  a bland diet

- The coffee was bland.  The judge found the defense's case to be bland.

noun

1. (Britain dialectal) Mixture; union.

2. A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.

verb

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To mix; blend; mingle.

2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To connect; associate.