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Insipid \In*sip"id\, a. [L. insipidus; pref. in- not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See Savor.]

[1913 Webster]

1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]

2. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition. [1913 Webster]

Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him. --South. [1913 Webster]

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. Insipidity

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

insipid adj
1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, savorless, savourless, vapid]
2: lacking significance or impact; "an insipid novel"
3: lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel" [syn: jejune]
4: not pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: tasteless]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Insipid \In*sip"id\, a. [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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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