insipid
Americanadjective
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without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid.
an insipid personality.
- Synonyms:
- uninteresting, dull, flat
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without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland.
a rather insipid soup.
- Synonyms:
- bland, tasteless, uninteresting, dull, flat
adjective
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lacking spirit; boring
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lacking taste; unpalatable
Other Word Forms
- insipidity noun
- insipidly adverb
- insipidness noun
Etymology
Origin of insipid
1610–20; < Latin insipidus, equivalent to in- in- 3 + -sipidus, combining form of sapidus sapid
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
He hopes a deeper relationship with European neighbours can help fire up Britain's insipid economy and inject life into a premiership that has so far been deeply unpopular with the public.
From Barron's
The insipid Wales attack could not exploit the extra men before Adams was shown a yellow card for a dangerous clearout on Ishida.
From BBC
The food was OK, alas — a passable brisket burrito, chalky queso, insipid guacamole.
From Los Angeles Times
I'm really worried about my old club Aston Villa, their performance against Brentford last weekend was so insipid and so flat.
From BBC
Remember Monday didn't come with a copycat Eurodance hit, or an insipid ballad.
From BBC
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