insipid

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You wouldn't know pure raw talent for you are nothing more than a shallow, insipid, and vapid "entertainment reporter."

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

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  • Once more he appeared insipid, almost stupid Traniv's lips twisted scornfully as he saw the other flick an imaginary speck of dust from his immaculate attire DOC SAVAGE was standing perfectly erect, his bronze features expressionless. —  066 - The Munitions Master
  • Reality became insipid, almost hateful to me; conversation, except that of the literary men to whom I have alluded, a burden. —  Personal Recollections
  • You wouldn't know pure raw talent for you are nothing more than a shallow, insipid, and vapid "entertainment reporter." —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • The two candidates were colorless, insipid, and savorless.
  • The Motorcycle Diaries "lovely to look at but insipid, a lavishly illustrated Rough Guide to white liberal self-affirmation." —  GreenCine Daily
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uninteresting ·  trivial ·  tiresome ·  tasteless ·  vapid ·  meaningless ·  stale ·  trite ·  colorless ·  monotonous ·  bland ·  unmeaning
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  1. French insipide, from Late Latin īnsipidus : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin sapidus, savory (from sapere, to taste; see sep- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = French insipide = Provencal insipid = Spanish insípido = Portuguese Italian insipido, from Late Latin insipidus, tasteless, from Latin in- privative + sapidus, having a taste, savory: see sapid.
 

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/ɪnˈsɪpɪd/
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