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insipid Adjective 1. dull and boring 2. lacking flavour [Latin in- not + sapidus full of flavour] insipidity n
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insipid adjective 1. tasteless, bland, flavourless, watered down, watery, wishy-washy (informal) unappetizing, savourless << OPPOSITE tasty adjective 2. bland, boring, dull, flat, dry, weak, stupid, limp, tame, pointless, tedious, stale, drab, banal, tiresome, lifeless, prosaic, trite, unimaginative, colourless, uninteresting, anaemic, wishy-washy (informal) ho-hum (informal) vapid, wearisome, characterless, spiritless, jejune, prosy << OPPOSITE exciting How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Beware my Laura (she would often say) Beware of the insipid Vanities and idle Dissipations of the Metropolis of England; Beware of the unmeaning Luxuries of Bath and of the stinking fish of Southampton. He is quite agreeable enough, however, to afford me amusement, and to make many of those hours pass very pleasantly which would otherwise be spent in endeavouring to overcome my sister-in-law's reserve, and listening to the insipid talk of her husband. But in Europe everywhere except in the mountains, the water is flat and insipid beyond the power of words to describe. |
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