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insipid.

Adjective
Literary
MEANING

1. Having little taste or a flat, uninteresting flavor.

2. Lacking stimulating character or interest.

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  • insipid soup
  • insipid food

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The insipid soup failed to warm their spirits.
She pushed aside the insipid food.

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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more insipid; superlative most insipid where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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