Insipid
WordNet
adjective
(1) Not pleasing to the sense of taste
(2) Lacking interest or significance
"An insipid personality"
"Jejune novel"
(3) Lacking significance or impact
"An insipid novel"
(4) Lacking taste or flavor or tang
"A bland diet"
"Insipid hospital food"
"Flavorless supermarket tomatoes"
"Vapid beer"
"Vapid tea"
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Etymology
From , from + .
Adjective
- Unappetizingly flavorless.
- The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
- Flat; lacking character or definition.
- The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.
- Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.
- Greeting cards contain some of the the most insipid words ever written.