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Adjective
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At the far extreme, there is the insipid libertarianism of Ron Paul, the former Texas representative, who has claimed that Marine detachments guarding U.S. embassies count as examples of military overstretch.—
Bret Stephens,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Feb. 2013 -
The blandly positive lyrics seemed even more insipid amid all the bedroom jams.—
Eric Webb,
Austin American-Statesman,
1 June 2024
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Harris, the narrator’s husband: Paul Mescal or Nick Kroll Can Ireland's sexiest chain-wearer reinvent himself as a boring straight guy who's not entirely fulfilling his wife?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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From awful ads to a divisive halftime show to a boring game, 10 things to forget.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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In some ways this was all predictable, the Lakers playing lifelessly with an eye on the upcoming week off after an emotionally and physically draining first 52 games of the season.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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The type of content that gets created and recommended is not the best content, but the content that elicits the most compulsive and predictable response from the human brain.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Soaking and cooking dry beans and lentils overnight decreases these molecules, but this method's success depends on the type of legume, water and salt levels, temperature, and soaking time.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
11 Feb. 2025
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Second, the order cost California farmers 2.2 billion gallons of water reserved for their use during the dry summer months.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Casting for Battlefield Surya admitted that casting for This City is a Battlefield was a long and tedious process.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
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But even after that planeload arrived at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, on Tuesday, passengers were caught up in long and tedious inspections at airports in Florida.—
Simón Posada,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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The Office’s more tasteless moments remain hysterically funny thanks to the show’s empathy: this was a series that punched up, not down.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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Flailing arms, bent legs, tasteless costumes and choppy music edits received his unapologetic ire.—
Deborah Wilker,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Zestless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zestless. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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