insipid
pronunciation
How to pronounce insipid in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsɪpɪd]
How to pronounce insipid in American English:
US [ɪnˈsɪpɪd]
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- Adjective:
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- lacking significance or impact
- lacking interest or significance
- not pleasing to the sense of taste
Word Origin
- insipid (adj.)
- 1610s, "without taste or perceptible flavor," from French insipide (16c.), from Late Latin inspidus "tasteless," from Latin in- "not" (see in- (1)) + sapidus "tasty," from sapere "have a taste" (also "be wise;" see sapient). Figurative meaning "uninteresting, dull" first recorded 1640s, but it was also a secondary sense in Medieval Latin.In ye coach ... went Mrs. Barlow, the King's mistress and mother to ye Duke of Monmouth, a browne, beautifull, bold, but insipid creature. [John Evelyn, diary, Aug. 18, 1649] Related: Insipidly.
Example
- 1. Just think about why the nutrition keys label is so insipid .
- 2. Sadly knightley ends up in one of the more insipid segments ( and that 's really saying something ) .
- 3. I found the film 's insipid acting and tableaux vivants hard to take .
- 4. China 's youth increasingly flock to their computers to watch international shows , bypassing domestic-made television that 's often considered bland and insipid .
- 5. Salt is included in the dough because it regulates the rate of fermentation , toughens the gluten , and prevents the bread from being insipid in taste .