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   insipid

   /ɪnˈsɪpɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. lacking flavour; weak or tasteless: "mugs of insipid coffee" Similar tastelessflavourlessunflavouredsavourlessblandweakthinwaterywatered-downunappetizingunpalatableinformal:wishy-washydated:wershOpposite tasty
   • ▪ lacking vigour or interest: "many artists continued to churn out insipid, shallow works" Similar uninterestingboringvapiddullspiritlesszestlessbloodlesslifelesscharacterlesslacking personalitylacking charismaanaemicwishy-washypatheticordinarycommonplacemiddle-of-the-roadrun-of-the millnot amounting to muchunimaginativeuninspireduninspiringcharacterlessflatblandvapiduninterestingunexcitinglacklustrelustrelessdullprosaicboringmonotonoustediouswearisomedrydry as dustjejunehumdrumrun-of-the-millcommonplacepedestriantritebanaltiredhackneyedstalelametamepoorinadequatehalf-heartedbloodlesssterileanaemicbarreninformal: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

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