If you describe something as ~, you are criticizing it because it has no strong characteristics and is not likely to excite, interest, or upset anyone. (FORMAL)
Their quarterly meetings were ~ affairs.
= bland
ADJ disapproval
If you describe something as ~, you are criticizing it because it has no strong characteristics and is not likely to excite, interest, or upset anyone. (FORMAL)
Their quarterly meetings were ~ affairs.
= bland
ADJ disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012