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Word of the Day - Bland
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bland
/bland/
adjective
1 Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting.
1.1 (of food or drink) unseasoned, mild-tasting, or insipid.
1.2 Showing no strong emotion.
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘gentle in manner’): from Latin blandus ‘soft, smooth’.
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Seeking an engaging and exciting word for today was fruitless. Bland will have to do. That means that the challenge is to be excited about it, I suppose. Ho, hum.
