The troubles pose a threat to men of flavorlessness and grayness and the loss of essential meanings, a threat of diminished humanity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior] Reference

Its tepidity and flavorlessness indicated that it was either not fresh or never hot to begin with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yale Daily News: Latest Issue] Reference