INSIPID

insipid, jejune

(adjective) lacking interest or significance or impact; “an insipid personality”; “jejune novel”

bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid

(adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang; “a bland diet”; “insipid hospital food”; “flavorless supermarket tomatoes”; “vapid beer”; “vapid tea”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

insipid (comparative more insipid, superlative most insipid)

Unappetizingly flavorless.

Synonyms: tasteless, bland, vapid, wearish

Flat; lacking character or definition.

Synonyms: boring, vacuous, dull, bland, characterless, colourless

Source: Wiktionary


In*sip"id, a. Etym: [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. 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. South. But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid. Dryden.

Syn.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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