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- DictionaryIn·sip·id/inˈsipəd/
adjective
- 1. lacking flavor: "mugs of insipid coffee" Similar tastelessflavorlessunflavoredsavorlessblandweakthinwaterywatered-downunappetizingunpalatableinformal:wishy-washydated:wershOpposite tasty
- ▪ lacking vigor or interest: "many artists continued to churn out insipid, shallow works" Similar uninterestingboringvapiddullspiritlesszestlessbloodlesslifelesscharacterlesslacking personalitylacking charismaanemicwishy-washypatheticordinarycommonplacemiddle-of-the-roadrun-of-the millnot amounting to muchunimaginativeuninspireduninspiringcharacterlessflatblandvapiduninterestingunexcitinglacklusterlusterlessdullprosaicboringmonotonoustediouswearisomedrydry as dustjejunehumdrumrun-of-the-millcommonplacepedestriantritebanaltiredhackneyedstalelametamepoorinadequatehalfheartedbloodlesssterileanemicbarreninformal:hackycommon or gardenOpposite interestingimaginativeinteresting
Word Origin early 17th century: from French insipide or late Latin insipidus, from in- ‘not’ + sapidus (see sapid).
Derivatives
- 1. insipidity noun
- 2. insipidly adverb
- 3. insipidness noun
Scrabble Points: 10
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