blandness

plural blandnesses

1. The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.
   1. countableobsoleteuncountableMildness, gentleness.

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      These temporary apprehensions, so vague but so awful, derived a wondrous potency from the contrasting serenity of the weather, in which, beneath all its blue blandness, some thought there lurked a devilish charm, as for days and days we voyaged along, through seas so wearily, lonesomely mild, that all space, in repugnance to our vengeful errand, seemed vacating itself of life before our urn-like prow.

      1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick

   2. countableuncountableLack of taste or flavor.

      Synonyms: flavorlessness

   3. countableuncountableLack of interest or appeal.

      But generally, these summits have been real snoozers, producing statements of such vague blandness that they make G-20 resolutions read like Harry Potter page-turners.

      2011 April 14, Michael Schuman, “Do the BRICS believe in free markets?”, in Time

      Synonyms: dullness, insipidness