The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.
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insipid — INSIPÍD, Ă, insipizi, de, adj. (Despre corpuri chimice, substanţe etc.) Fără gust; (despre alimente) fad, searbăd. ♦ fig. Fără spirit, fără haz, anost. – Din fr. insipide. Trimis de valeriu, 21.07.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 INSIPÍD adj. dulceag, fad,… … Dicționar Român
insipid — insipid, vapid, flat, jejune, banal, wishy washy, inane mean devoid of qualities which give spirit, character, or substance to a thing. Something insipid is without taste, or savor, or pungency; the term is applied not only to food and drink… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Insipid — In*sip id, a. [L. insipidus; pref. in not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See {Savor}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
insipid — [in sip′id] adj. [< Fr & LL: Fr insipide < LL insipidus < L in , not + sapidus, savory < sapere, to taste: see SAPIENT] 1. without flavor; tasteless 2. not exciting or interesting; dull; lifeless insipidity n. pl. insipidities… … English World dictionary
insipid — 1610s, without taste or perceptible flavor, from Fr. insipide (16c.), from L.L. inspidus tasteless, from L. in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + sapidus tasty, from sapere have a taste (also be wise; see SAPIENT (Cf … Etymology dictionary
insipid — [adj1] dull, uninteresting anemic, arid, banal, beige, blah*, bland, characterless, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, driveling, dry, feeble, flat, ho hum*, inane, innocuous, jejune, lifeless, limp, mild, mundane, nebbish, nothing, ordinary,… … New thesaurus
Insipid — (v. lat.), fad, geschmacklos … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Insipīd — (lat.), unschmackhaft; fade, albern … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Insipid — (lat.), unschmackhaft, albern … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Insipid — Insipid, lat. deutsch, fade, abgeschmackt … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
insipid — I adjective banal, bloodless, boring, colorless, diluted, dreary, dull, feeble, flat, flavorless, frigidus, halfhearted, impotent, inactive, ineffective, ineptus, insubstantial, insulsus, irresolute, languid, limp, pointless, powerless, savorless … Law dictionary
