[*Flat*](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/flat) usually refers to dull and emotionless. >lacking interest or emotion; dull and lifeless; lacking vitality or animation. It is often misused, I had to look for a while to find a good example, and this was the best I could do (it's not even a good sentence!) >Maybe because his *flat eyes* had no expression and he was squinting at me like a mob character. Flat can similarly refer to *affect*, *scenario*, *food* or *joke*.