insipid

[ in-sip-id ]
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adjective
  1. without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.

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

Origin of insipid

1
1610–20; <Latin insipidus, equivalent to in-in-3 + -sipidus, combining form of sapidussapid

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Other words from insipid

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

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British Dictionary definitions for insipid

insipid

/ (ɪnˈsɪpɪd) /


adjective
  1. lacking spirit; boring

  2. lacking taste; unpalatable

Origin of insipid

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

Derived forms of insipid

  • insipidity or insipidness, noun
  • insipidly, adverb

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