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Definition of insipid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

insipid

adjective
 
/ɪnˈsɪpɪd/
 
/ɪnˈsɪpɪd/
(disapproving)
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  1. having almost no taste synonym flavourless
    • a cup of insipid coffee
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2
  2. not interesting or exciting synonym dull
    • After an hour of insipid conversation, I left.
    • The band are an insipid imitation of the Beatles.
  3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French insipide or late Latin insipidus, from in- ‘not’ + sapidus (from sapere ‘to taste’).
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