1. (

• bland ,
• flat ,
• flavorless ,
• flavourless ,
• insipid ,
• savorless ,
• savourless ,
• vapid

) lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" ;

2. (

• bland ,
• flat

) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke" ;

3. (

• politic ,
• smooth ,
• suave ,
• bland

) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" ;