(~er, ~est)
1.
If you describe someone or something as ~, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
Serle has a ~er personality than Howard...
...a ~, 12-storey office block.
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~ness
...the ~ness of television.
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2.
Food that is ~ has very little flavour.
It tasted ~ and insipid, like warmed cardboard.
ADJ