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.

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, noun in·sip·id·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH insipid

incipient insipid insipient

Words nearby insipid

insincere, insincerity, insinuate, insinuating, insinuation, insipid, insipience, insist, insistence, insistency, insistent

Words related to insipidness

drabness, dreariness, wateriness, flatness, dryness, sameness, familiarity, routine, vapidity, dullness, tedium, slowness, boredom, blandness, tediousness, staleness, aridity, innocuousness, washiness

Example sentences from the Web for insipidness

  • Those who have tried the insipidness of it would, I believe, never choose it.

    The Town |Leigh Hunt

British Dictionary definitions for insipidness

insipid
/ (ɪnˈsɪpɪd) /

adjective

lacking spirit; boring
lacking taste; unpalatable

Derived forms of insipid

insipidity or insipidness, noun insipidly, adverb

Word Origin for insipid

C17: from Latin insipidus, from in- 1 + sapidus full of flavour, sapid