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

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

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

An hour later, the series felt over, the massive change of fortune wrought by both the inspired effort from the Nuggets and insipid play of the Lakers.

From Los Angeles Times

I expected more from Fulham last week but in the end they were pretty insipid in their defeat by Newcastle.

From BBC

Related Words

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