insipid

Adjective

insipid (comparative more insipid, superlative most insipid)

1. Unappetizingly flavorless.
   • The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
   • There was no limit on drinks, and the guy next to me tucked away a few G and Ts. I confined myself to a pleasant Brewdog Ale and a glass of slightly insipid wine.2025 June 11, Christian Wolmar, “First Class delights with an occasional pang of hunger”, in RAIL, number 1037, page 34

   Synonyms:

   tasteless, bland, vapid, wearish

   Antonyms:

   savory, savorous, sapid, flavoury, gustable, saporific, saporous, tastable, tasteable

2. Flat; lacking character or definition.
   • The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.
   • If the secret history of books could be written, and the author’s private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 42, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...

   Synonyms:

   boring, vacuous, dull, bland, vapid, characterless, colourless