bland, blandly. unloved, dearth of uncensored, firsthand information/ Naming Culprits. A “gloriously erudite” critic, he denounced the embrace of blandly functional architecture in efforts to rebuild after World War II.

“I didn’t come into this business to be bland.” And he rarely was.

Ex-NY Gov. Mario Cuomo, famed for oratory, dies at 82

Mario Matthew Cuomo was born on June 15, 1932, and grew up...

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"Corporate America's rulers wanted to staff their offices with bland and reliable sheep, so they created a school system that selected for those traits."

C.Y. Leung: Hong Kong's unloved leader

Cunning wolf? Working class hero? Or bland Beijing loyalist?

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Fifty shades of bland: Hollywood’s leading man shortage

There appears to be a degree of angst in Los Angeles over the relative dearth of young male leads who can consistently bring in a big audience. Is this really the case?

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20131115-hollywood-lacking-manpower

 

 

Farm Use of Antibiotics Defies Scrutiny

By SABRINA TAVERNISE

A dearth of information makes it difficult to document the precise relationship between routine antibiotic use in animals and antibiotic-resistant infections in people, scientists say.

 

 

In Financial Crisis, a Dearth of Prosecutions Raises Alarms

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON and LOUISE STORY

Several years after the financial crisis, no senior executives of major financial institutions have been charged, and a collective government effort has not emerged.

Naming Culprits in the Financial Crisis

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON and LOUISE STORY

A Senate panel, after two years of work, assailed "deceptive practices" and called for changes to regulatory and industry practices.

Joseph Rykwert, 98, Dies; Historian of Architecture Challenged Modernism

A “gloriously erudite” critic, he denounced the embrace of blandly functional architecture in efforts to rebuild after World War II.

dearth

(dûrth)
n.

1. A scarce supply; a lack: "the dearth of uncensored, firsthand information about the war" (Richard Zoglin).
2. Shortage of food; famine.

[Middle English derthe, from Old English *dēorthu, costliness, from dēore, costly. See dear¹.]

bland

Pronunciation: /bland/

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adjective

• lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting:bland, mass-produced pop music
• (of food or drink) unseasoned, mild-tasting, or insipid: a bland and unadventurous vegetarian dish standardized bland beers of mediocre quality
• showing no strong emotion:his expression was bland and unreadable

Derivatives

blandly

adverb

blandness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'gentle in manner'): from Latin blandus 'soft, smooth'