insipid

[ in-sip-id ]

/ ɪnˈsɪp ɪd /

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adjective

without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.

without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland: a rather insipid soup.

Nearby words

insincere, insincerity, insinuate, insinuating, insinuation, insipid, insipience, insist, insistence, insistency, insistent

Origin of insipid

1610–20; < Latin insipidus, equivalent to in- in-³ + -sipidus, combining form of sapidus sapid

SYNONYMS FOR insipid

1, 2 flat, dull, uninteresting.

2 tasteless, bland.

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Related forms

in·si·pid·i·ty, in·sip·id·ness, nounin·sip·id·ly, adverb

Can be confused

incipient insipid insipient

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Examples from the Web for insipid

When I saw it listed on the contents page, I thought, “Why would he write about a song that insipid?”
Greil Marcus Talks About Trying to Unlock Rock and Roll in 10 Songs|Allen Barra|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This time, long-suffering conservatives endured nothing embarrassing or bizarre, insipid, or outlandish.
A Winning Final Four at the GOP Debate in Charleston|Michael Medved|January 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Other foods that came canned, including more limp, insipid vegetables, overly syrupy fruits, and sloppy stews were equally gross.
The Weirdest Food Trend Ever|Robert Rosenthal|July 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The insipid GOP chairman, Michael Steele, blamed Scozzafava for endorsing the Democratic candidate, Bill Owen.
Bachmann's Angry Mob|John Batchelor|November 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Dispense with all the insipid government meddling and let the market decide what happens to Wall Street from this point forward.
Let Wall Street Fail|William D. Cohan|February 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Love is ridiculous or insipid in nearly all his other works.
Initiation into Literature|Emile Faguet
Life later had made her rational, altogether too rational and insipid.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb
Panthea is innocent, but insipid; Mardonius a good specimen of what Fletcher loves to exhibit, the plain honest courtier.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam
The return, like the leave-taking, produces an anticipated sadness, which gives one a proof of the insipid life we lead.
Over Strand and Field|Gustave Flaubert
I'm never up to his young girls—he is so very fond of the age of 'Nell,' when they are most insipid.
Dickens and His Illustrators|Frederic G. Kitton

British Dictionary definitions for insipid

insipid

/ (ɪnˈsɪpɪd) /

adjective

lacking spirit; boring

lacking taste; unpalatable

Derived Forms

insipidity or insipidness, nouninsipidly, adverb

Word Origin for insipid

C17: from Latin insipidus, from in- 1 + sapidus full of flavour, sapid

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