0 (of food etc) mild, tasteless -- nhạt nhẽo
That soup is very bland.
1 (of people, their actions etc) showing no emotion -- lạnh lùng
a bland smile.
It is just a pity that all this is cast in a rather bland and plodding narrative.
The moderate middle style was suited to such matters as instruction and education at large, but risked becoming either bland or pedantic.
Rather than substituting bland words that suited the original music, composer and librettist provided a sign of their disaffection.
A complex sensation may seem bland or boring if listened to carelessly.
The mild, even-tempered, bland, refined and - in short - disembodied and idealised character of the song of decades past is long gone.
I originally expected unflavored sugar water to have roughly the same effect as bland food.
This has been publicly judged a rather bland document and criticized for identifying collective rather than individual responsibility.
More reliable are official websites for governments and organizations that, although often bland, have the advantage of being authoritative.
