Bland definition

(1) Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

"He was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"

"The hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"

"The manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"

"Affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound

(2) Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

"A bland little drama"

"A flat joke"

(3) Lacking taste or flavor or tang

"A bland diet"

"Insipid hospital food"

"Flavorless supermarket tomatoes"

"Vapid beer"

"Vapid tea"