Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Insipidity.

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  • noun A lack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character; tastelessness; extreme blandness.

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  • noun lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property
  • noun extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest

Etymologies

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insipid +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Also, the insipidness of the priest, denoted at least in part by his remaining nameless, was especially interesting when coupled with his equally manipulative nature.

    Judith Lindbergh - An interview with author 2010

  • However cringeworthy it may be for your favourite characters or settings to be seemingly torn apart, it does not compare with the insipidness of short or meaningless feedback such as “nice story, I liked it, it was lovely”.

    Giving Constructive Criticism « Write Anything 2009

  • From the first sip, the drink with cheater ice was like a debased “cocktail lite,” with thin flavors and watery insipidness.

    Cold Fusion 2009

  • Never seen the first VG before, far better than contempt stuff of stars and mono color insipidness, Thats nice, love to see new work, even if by old faces.

    Masterpieces from Paris in Canberra 2009

  • Its comments like most of these that show the absolute true ignorance and insipidness that is the lunatic right.

    Obama previews Afghanistan plan 2009

  • From the first sip, the drink with cheater ice was like a debased “cocktail lite,” with thin flavors and watery insipidness.

    Cold Fusion 2009

  • But there was also insipidness: "We are what we allow to happen."

    Jeff Jarvis: The Disrupted of Davos 2010

  • But there was also insipidness: "We are what we allow to happen."

    The Disrupted of Davos 2010

  • Doesn't Miranda's ornery nature, Charlotte's Stepford-wifeiness, Samantha's compulsive need to find validation through near-constant sex, and Carrie's essential whiny insipidness seem hilarious and edgy again when translated onto the bodies of cartoon chipmunks?

    Jilly Gagnon: Future Sex and the City Sequels 2010

  • Doesn't Miranda's ornery nature, Charlotte's Stepford-wifeiness, Samantha's compulsive need to find validation through near-constant sex, and Carrie's essential whiny insipidness seem hilarious and edgy again when translated onto the bodies of cartoon chipmunks?

    Jilly Gagnon: Future Sex and the City Sequels 2010

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