1. bland or simplistic writing, ideas, or entertainment lacking substance or originality
Usage: often derogatory
2. soft bland food for infants or invalids
Usage: originally a trademark for infant cereal

Examples

• The politician’s speech was nothing but pablum designed to avoid controversy.
• Critics dismissed the movie as mindless pablum for the masses.
• The magazine was filled with intellectual pablum rather than serious journalism.
• The baby refused to eat the pablum his mother offered.
• After his surgery, he could only manage soft pablum for several days.
• The editorial was pure pablum, saying nothing of real importance.