Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not sapient or wise; unwise; foolish.
  • noun An unwise person.

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

  • adjective rare, rare, rare Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish.

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  • adjective foolish; lacking wisdom; stupid

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Examples

  • Perhaps this village concept is an even more apt example of the transition we see in insipient stages: from revolutionaries to retrolutionaries.

    Sneak Peak at 2028 (The Boomer Blog) 2008

  • There were demand pressures but they were very insipient at that time.

    WSJ Transcript of RBI Interview Alex Frangos 2012

  • Even if you know that you will enjoy working once you begin it can be hard to get past that insipient voice.

    WRA’s Seven Procrastination Busters [Meme] » Blog Archive » Writer's Round-About - The Craft and Business of Fiction and Freelance Writing 2008

  • GERAGOS: If they found blood in that car, how are they going to say at this insipient stage of the investigation we know it was an accident, we're going to offer you two years?

    CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2007 2007

  • Bound to be enjoyed by many many people, especially those with insipient flower girls of their own. posted by fusenumber8 @ 12:07 PM

    Archive 2006-03-01 fusenumber8 2006

  • Anywho, I was at a table with notable personalities, including the rather handsome and Hot Men of Children's Literature-insipient Jason Weber HI, JASON!

    Archive 2006-06-01 fusenumber8 2006

  • It makes for a book that kids will adore, grown-ups will pore over, and insipient illustrators will want to keep very close at hand.

    Archive 2006-04-01 fusenumber8 2006

  • At the farthest edge of the insipient mob, sitting on his horse and watching my uncle's face intently, was the very Mexican whom I had twice seen at

    Vanguards of the Plains Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

  • Young as I was and insipient, I was prepared for what is called the burlesque Olympus of the Iliad, so grievous to Professor Murray.

    Lore of Proserpine Maurice Hewlett 1892

  • In other words it is the negative quality of passiveness either in recoverable latency or insipient latescence.

    What Is Man? and Other Essays Mark Twain 1872

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