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insipid
What does insipid mean?
insipid (adjective): lacking interest or significance or impact.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use insipid in a sentence?
- An insipid personality. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce insipid?
/ɪnˈsɪpɪd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does insipid come from?
From French insipide, from Latin īnsipidus (“tasteless”), from in- (“not”) + sapidus (“savory”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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