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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.

Words related to insipid

drabness, dreariness, weariness, flatness, dryness, sameness, insipidness, familiarity, routine, vapidity, sterility, tedium, mildness, gentility, blandness, stodginess, tediousness, slowness, boredom, staleness

Words nearby insipid

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

OTHER WORDS FROM insipid

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH insipid

incipient insipid insipient
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British Dictionary definitions for insipidity

insipid
/ (ɪnˈsɪpɪd) /

adjective

lacking spirit; boring
lacking taste; unpalatable

Derived forms of insipid

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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