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insipid [ in-sip -id ] SHOW IPA
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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.
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Origin of insipid 1610â20; <Latin
insipidus, equivalent to
in- in-3 +
-sipidus, combining form of
sapidus sapid
OTHER WORDS FROM insipid in·si·pid·i·ty, in·sip·id·ness, noun in·sip·id·ly, adverb
Words nearby insipid insincerity ,
in single file ,
insinuate ,
insinuating ,
insinuation ,
insipid ,
insipience ,
insist ,
insistence ,
insistency ,
insistent
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Words related to insipid banal ,
bland ,
ho-hum ,
innocuous ,
trite ,
vapid ,
unappetizing ,
anemic ,
arid ,
beige ,
blah ,
characterless ,
colorless ,
commonplace ,
dead ,
drab ,
driveling ,
dry ,
feeble ,
flat
How to use insipid in a sentence If you are a sports fan, as I am, and also a sentient human being, as at least a few of my readers are, you are aware of the stunningly insipid nature of sports interviews.
When I saw it listed on the contents page, I thought, âWhy would he write about a song that insipid ?â
This time, long-suffering conservatives endured nothing embarrassing or bizarre, insipid , or outlandish.
Other foods that came canned, including more limp, insipid vegetables, overly syrupy fruits, and sloppy stews were equally gross.
The insipid GOP chairman, Michael Steele, blamed Scozzafava for endorsing the Democratic candidate, Bill Owen.
Dispense with all the insipid government meddling and let the market decide what happens to Wall Street from this point forward.
She was a plump-faced, insipid child, with fair hair and pale blue eyes, stolid and bovine in their expressionlessness.
Scarcely anything has been written against the French Academy, except frivolous and insipid pleasantries.
Such a description would not now be tolerated in one of our most insipid novels.
A man who has schemed for some time can no longer do without it; all other ways of living are to him dull and insipid .
Those of his works that have come under our notice are for the most part tame and insipid .
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British Dictionary definitions for insipid
adjective
lacking spirit; boring
lacking taste; unpalatable
Derived forms of insipid insipidity or insipidness , noun insipidly , adverb Word Origin for insipid C17: from Latin insipidus, from in- 1 + sapidus full of flavour, sapid
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