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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•sip•id /ɪnˈsɪpɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - not having stimulating qualities;
vapid:a boring, insipid personality. - without enough taste to be pleasing;
bland:insipid soup.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•sip•id (in sip′id),USA pronunciation adj. - without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities;
vapid:an insipid personality. - without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink;
bland:a rather insipid soup.
- Latin insipidus, equivalent. to in- in-3 + -sipidus, combining form of sapidus sapid
- 1610–20
in′si•pid′i•ty, in•sip′id•ness, n. in•sip′id•ly, adv. - 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flat, dull, uninteresting.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tasteless, bland.
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