Bland
adjective
Not having a strong taste or character.
The soup was bland and uninteresting.
Often appears as...
- bland food
- bland taste
adjective
Not showing any strong emotion.
His bland expression gave nothing away.
Often appears as...
- bland expression
- bland face
adjective
Not interesting or exciting.
The film was rather bland and didn't engage me at all.
Often appears as...
- bland film
- bland music
adjective
Not having a strong taste or character.
The soup was bland and uninteresting.
Often appears as...
- bland food
- bland taste
adjective
Not showing any strong emotion.
His bland expression gave nothing away.
Often appears as...
- bland expression
- bland face
adjective
Not interesting or exciting.
The film was rather bland and didn't engage me at all.
Often appears as...
- bland film
- bland music
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Weak Flavor
Use 'bland' to describe food that lacks strong flavor, especially when you expected it to be tastier.
Despite the spices, the stew turned out bland.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Seasoning
'Bland' often suggests that a dish could be improved with more seasoning or herbs.
The chicken was bland; it needed salt and pepper.
Pro Tip 3/3Dietary Usage
In dietary contexts, 'bland' describes food recommended for certain health conditions.
After her surgery, she was advised to stick to a bland diet.
Pro Tip 1/3Weak Flavor
Use 'bland' to describe food that lacks strong flavor, especially when you expected it to be tastier.
Despite the spices, the stew turned out bland.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Seasoning
'Bland' often suggests that a dish could be improved with more seasoning or herbs.
The chicken was bland; it needed salt and pepper.
Pro Tip 3/3Dietary Usage
In dietary contexts, 'bland' describes food recommended for certain health conditions.
After her surgery, she was advised to stick to a bland diet.
Pro Tip 1/3Weak Flavor
Use 'bland' to describe food that lacks strong flavor, especially when you expected it to be tastier.
Despite the spices, the stew turned out bland.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Seasoning
'Bland' often suggests that a dish could be improved with more seasoning or herbs.
The chicken was bland; it needed salt and pepper.
Pro Tip 3/3Dietary Usage
In dietary contexts, 'bland' describes food recommended for certain health conditions.
After her surgery, she was advised to stick to a bland diet.
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1000 TEDTalks, 6 words -...
time I paid 25 cents because I thought the task was a bit harder and unfortunately when I first received the answers and here you see six of the answers I was a bit disappointed because I think you'll agree they all summarized some aspect of Ted by to me that kind of felt felt a bit bland or they just had a
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What's wrong with what...
made this stuff more appealing than the bland things that people were serving at home. At the same time, masses of women were entering the workforce, and cooking simply wasn't important enough for men to share the burden. So now, you've got your pizza nights, you've got your microwave nights,
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How sampling transformed...
Imagine any other singer from that era over it singing the same old lyrics. It runs a risk of being completely bland. I mean, there was no doubt that Amy and I and Salaam all had this love for this gospel, soul and blues and jazz that was evident listening to the musical arrangements.
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Wade Davis: Cultures at...
this blandly amorphous generic world view not only would we see the entire range of the human imagination reduced to a more narrow modality of thought, but that we would wake from a dream one day having forgotten there were even other possibilities.
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How we can design...
And when you think about that, ask Are they condemned to live in the same bland cities we built in the 20th century, or can we offer them something better? And to answer that question, you have to unpack how we got here in the first place.
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Wings of the Albatross PIPE...
albatrosses this is a really interesting species member of the Albatross family it's hard to pick favorites but many of the specialists when you ask them they will admit to a weak spot for these light bland mantled sudhi albatrosses
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Meet the microscopic...
And we have a lot of problems to choose from. We've got the bad-smelling clothes or bland food. And we've got the disease, pollution, war. And so this is my to not just catalog the microscopic life around us,
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Warrior Watch:...
they ever hear from any of their network that gunshots have been heard or there's any conflict the guys responds so quickly cows have just come to bland habitant and the lands are very scan the lands of
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Taking imagination...
lost nothing in translation this intersection had been bland and anonymous now it had a sense of place I walked underneath it for the first time
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Janet Echelman: Taking...
and had lost nothing in translation. This intersection had been bland and anonymous. Now it had a sense of place. I walked underneath it
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1000 TEDTalks, 6 words -...
time I paid 25 cents because I thought the task was a bit harder and unfortunately when I first received the answers and here you see six of the answers I was a bit disappointed because I think you'll agree they all summarized some aspect of Ted by to me that kind of felt felt a bit bland or they just had a
Video examples
What's wrong with what...
made this stuff more appealing than the bland things that people were serving at home. At the same time, masses of women were entering the workforce, and cooking simply wasn't important enough for men to share the burden. So now, you've got your pizza nights, you've got your microwave nights,
Video examples
How sampling transformed...
Imagine any other singer from that era over it singing the same old lyrics. It runs a risk of being completely bland. I mean, there was no doubt that Amy and I and Salaam all had this love for this gospel, soul and blues and jazz that was evident listening to the musical arrangements.
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Wade Davis: Cultures at...
this blandly amorphous generic world view not only would we see the entire range of the human imagination reduced to a more narrow modality of thought, but that we would wake from a dream one day having forgotten there were even other possibilities.
Video examples
How we can design...
And when you think about that, ask Are they condemned to live in the same bland cities we built in the 20th century, or can we offer them something better? And to answer that question, you have to unpack how we got here in the first place.
Video examples
Wings of the Albatross PIPE...
albatrosses this is a really interesting species member of the Albatross family it's hard to pick favorites but many of the specialists when you ask them they will admit to a weak spot for these light bland mantled sudhi albatrosses
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Meet the microscopic...
And we have a lot of problems to choose from. We've got the bad-smelling clothes or bland food. And we've got the disease, pollution, war. And so this is my to not just catalog the microscopic life around us,
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Warrior Watch:...
they ever hear from any of their network that gunshots have been heard or there's any conflict the guys responds so quickly cows have just come to bland habitant and the lands are very scan the lands of
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Taking imagination...
lost nothing in translation this intersection had been bland and anonymous now it had a sense of place I walked underneath it for the first time
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Janet Echelman: Taking...
and had lost nothing in translation. This intersection had been bland and anonymous. Now it had a sense of place. I walked underneath it
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Santan Dave
British Musician
A very bland eleven-year-old, playing computer games. I went to a local primary school but I wasn't anything special or anything insanely interesting. I didn't have a crazy personality. I was somewhat book smart, but I wasn't hanging off the teacher, nor was I messing up in class. I wasn't doing much to disrupt anything. I was just there, existing.
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Jeff Daniels
American Actor
And that's one thing that helps me is I learn it blandly, vanilla, then I don't try to act it too soon because you start to act it, and you kind of go away from what the next sentence is, what the next paragraph is. So get it down so it kind of can - it's in there so you can then, as I call it, dance on top of it.
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Sheena Iyengar
American Educator
I could wear makeup today, and one person would say it looks bland, another would say it looks fake, and another might tell me I look really natural. Everyone is convinced their opinion is the truth, and that's what I struggle against.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, about the same time Miami was founded. The cities bear a resemblance in size, site, climate, and architecture, which ranges from the bland to the fancifully bland.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
American Politician
What I see is that the Democratic Party takes working class communities for granted, they take people of color for granted, and they just assume that we're going to turn out no matter how bland or half-stepping these proposals are.
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George Cukor
American Producer
People who aren't complicated in real life come through as pretty bland on the screen. Most great performers are not very happy and well adjusted. Perhaps that's the price they pay for being originals.
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Mario Testino
Peruvian Photographer
A lot of photographers like models to be blank canvases - but bland girls don't influence me. I don't like playing with dolls; I like playing with people.
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Sophie Hannah
British Poet
My characters all have issues, but I don't see that as weird or abnormal because I think in real life there are very few bland, normal people.
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Jimi Hendrix
American Musician
All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland.
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Eartha Kitt
American Actress
Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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Santan Dave
British Musician
A very bland eleven-year-old, playing computer games. I went to a local primary school but I wasn't anything special or anything insanely interesting. I didn't have a crazy personality. I was somewhat book smart, but I wasn't hanging off the teacher, nor was I messing up in class. I wasn't doing much to disrupt anything. I was just there, existing.
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Jeff Daniels
American Actor
And that's one thing that helps me is I learn it blandly, vanilla, then I don't try to act it too soon because you start to act it, and you kind of go away from what the next sentence is, what the next paragraph is. So get it down so it kind of can - it's in there so you can then, as I call it, dance on top of it.
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Sheena Iyengar
American Educator
I could wear makeup today, and one person would say it looks bland, another would say it looks fake, and another might tell me I look really natural. Everyone is convinced their opinion is the truth, and that's what I struggle against.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, about the same time Miami was founded. The cities bear a resemblance in size, site, climate, and architecture, which ranges from the bland to the fancifully bland.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
American Politician
What I see is that the Democratic Party takes working class communities for granted, they take people of color for granted, and they just assume that we're going to turn out no matter how bland or half-stepping these proposals are.
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George Cukor
American Producer
People who aren't complicated in real life come through as pretty bland on the screen. Most great performers are not very happy and well adjusted. Perhaps that's the price they pay for being originals.
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Mario Testino
Peruvian Photographer
A lot of photographers like models to be blank canvases - but bland girls don't influence me. I don't like playing with dolls; I like playing with people.
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Sophie Hannah
British Poet
My characters all have issues, but I don't see that as weird or abnormal because I think in real life there are very few bland, normal people.
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Jimi Hendrix
American Musician
All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland.
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Eartha Kitt
American Actress
Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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