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insipid
1. If you describe food or drink as insipid, you dislike it because it has very little taste. It tasted indescribably bland and insipid, like warmed cardboard. = bland, flavourless ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you describe someone or something as insipid, you mean they are dull and boring. On the surface she seemed meek, rather insipid... ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval
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adjective Etymology: French & Late Latin; French ~e, from Late Latin ~us, from Latin in- + sapidus savory, from sapere to taste — more at sage Date: 1609 1. lacking taste or savor ; tasteless ~ food 2. lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge ; dull, flat ~ prose • ~ity noun • ~ly adverb Synonyms: ~, vapid, flat, jejune, banal, inane mean devoid of qualities that make for spirit and character. ~ implies a lack of sufficient taste or savor to please or interest an ~ romance with platitudes on every page. vapid suggests a lack of liveliness, force, or spirit an exciting story given a vapid treatment. flat applies to things that have lost their sparkle or zest although well-regarded in its day, the novel now seems flat. jejune suggests a lack of rewarding or satisfying substance a jejune and gassy speech. banal stresses the complete absence of freshness, novelty, or immediacy a banal tale of unrequited love. inane implies a lack of any significant or convincing quality an inane interpretation of the play. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 lacking vigour or interest; dull. 2 lacking flavour; tasteless. Derivatives insipidity n. insipidly adv. insipidness n. Etymology: F insipide or LL insipidus (as IN-(1), sapidus SAPID) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. безвкусный, пресный insipid food —- безвкусная пища 2. скучный, неинтересный; вялый, безжизненный insipid conversation (talk, discourse) —- вялая (неинтересная) беседа insipid compliments —- плоские комплименты insipid allegory —- бесцветная аллегория insipid beauty —- безжизненная (холодная) красота ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. безвкусный, пресный; fig. скучный, неинтересный, бесцветный; вялый, безжизненный Syn: see banal ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 food or drink that is insipid does not have much taste (an insipid pasta dish) 2 not interesting, exciting, or attractive (an insipid young man) - insipidly adv - insipidness, insipidity n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1620, from Fr. insipide, from L.L. inspidus, from L. in- "not" + sapidus "tasty," from sapere "have a taste" (also "be wise"). Originally "tasteless" in a literal sense; meaning "uninteresting, dull" first recorded 1649, but it was also a secondary sense in M.L. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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