insipid

Adjective
US[in-sip-uhd]/ˌɪnˈsɪpəd/3 syllables
Synonyms: blandflatflavorlessflavourlesssavorlesssavourlessvapidjejune

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. lacking taste or flavor or tang“a bland diet”“insipid hospital food”“flavorless supermarket tomatoes”“vapid beer”“vapid tea”Synonyms: blandflatflavorlessflavourlesssavorlesssavourlessvapidOpposite tastySimilar tasteless
  2. lacking interest or significance or impact“an insipid personality”“jejune novel”Synonyms: jejuneOpposite interestingSimilar uninteresting

Related words insipidness noun, insipidity noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

In·sip′id adjective

Origin: L. insipidus; pref. in- not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See Savor.

1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food. Robert Boyle

2. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition.

Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him.— Robert South
But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid.— John Dryden

Synonyms: Tasteless; vapid; dull; spiritless; unanimated; lifeless; flat; stale; pointless; uninteresting.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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