bland vs milk-and-water

bland

• Lacking interest; boring; dull. 

• Lacking in vigor. 

• bland comment 

• Lacking in taste or flavor. 

• Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating. 

• To mix; blend; mingle. 

• To connect; associate. 

• Mixture; union. 

• A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands. 

milk-and-water

• Insipid, wishy-washy, weak. 

• Something insipid or mawkish.