Meanings
- uncountableA lack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character; tastelessness; extreme blandness.
This poem suffers from structural weakness, indeed insipidness.
1977, K. C. Bennett, "Practical Criticism Revisited,' College English, vol. 38, no. 6, p. 5752 more examples
As Jean Lurcat said, "The art had died, killed by consumption, insipidness, lymphatism, and inversion."
1948, William S. Lieberman, "Modern French Tapestries," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 142His void spaces are a criticism of the insipidness of the overly materialistic modern way of life.
1983, Kiyoshi Takeyama, “Tadao Andô: Heir to a Tradition,”, in Perspecta, volume 20, page 180Synonyms: insipidity, tastelessness, vapidity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character; tastelessness; extreme blandness.
More synonyms by meaning
nounextreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
nounlacking any distinctive or interesting taste property
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchinsipide
- Englishinsipid
- Englishinsipidness
Translations
Catalan insipidesa
- insipidesalack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character
Czech mdlost
- mdlostlack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character
French fadeur, insipidité
- fadeurlack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character
- insipiditélack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character
Polish bezpłciowość
- bezpłciowośćlack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character
Spanish insipidez, desazón
- insipidezlack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character
- desazónlack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character
Turkish tatsızlık, lezzetsizlik
- tatsızlıklack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character
- lezzetsizliklack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character
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