Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty.
  • adjective Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Without any taste; not exciting the sense of taste; without flavor or savor.
  • Without a definite taste; having a taste which from its faintness and undecided character appears negative, insufficient, or slightly disagreeable; flat in taste.
  • Hence Without power to excite interest or emotion; without attraction; uninteresting; dull; flat.
  • Synonyms Lifeless, stale, tame, prosaic, stupid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless.
  • adjective Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Unappetizingly flavorless.
  • adjective Flat; lacking character or definition.
  • adjective Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lacking taste or flavor or tang
  • adjective lacking interest or significance or impact

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French insipide, from Late Latin īnsipidus : Latin in-, not; see in– + Latin sapidus, savory (from sapere, to taste; see sep- in Indo-European roots).]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin īnsipidus ("tasteless"), from in- ("not") + sapidus ("savory").

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