insipid

[ in-sip-id ]

adjective

1. without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid:

   an insipid personality.

   Synonyms: uninteresting, dull, flat

2. without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland:

   a rather insipid soup.

   Synonyms: uninteresting, bland, tasteless, dull, flat

insipid

/ ɪnˈsɪpɪd /

adjective

1. lacking spirit; boring
2. lacking taste; unpalatable

Derived Forms

• inˈsipidly, adverb
• ˌinsiˈpidity, noun

Other Words From

• insi·pidi·ty in·sipid·ness noun
• in·sipid·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of insipid¹

1610–20; < Latin insipidus, equivalent to in- in- ³ + -sipidus, combining form of sapidus sapid

Word History and Origins

Origin of insipid¹

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

Example Sentences

So, as we laugh, deride and decry Trump’s startlingly ignorant, angry, loathsome and insipid antics, and as we point out the lesser transgressions of Harris and her team, we do not point out the stakes of putting Trump back in office.

From Salon

I’m not even referring to those insipid chants of “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!”

From Los Angeles Times

As long as you can remember that, especially when they direct another musical laugh toward your most inane and insipid jokes, or happen to look at you in a way that makes you feel that surely, this time, for real, you are actually the only person on Earth, then you will emerge from this encounter relatively unscathed.

From Los Angeles Times

When Trump supporters shout that Harris’s claims about maintaining her core values are insipid lies, all the progressives hear is the first part.

From Salon

An insipid mishmash of trite genre tropes, “Borderlands” is devoid of any real edge.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• banal
• bland
• ho-hum
• innocuous
• trite
• vapid