Insipient vs. Insipid

Insipientadjective

foolish; lacking wisdom; stupid

Insipidadjective

unappetizingly flavorless

‘The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.’;

Insipientadjective

Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish.

Insipidadjective

flat; lacking character or definition

‘The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.’;

Insipidadjective

cloyingly sweet or sentimental

‘Greeting cards contain some of the most insipid words ever written.’;

Insipidadjective

Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food.

Insipidadjective

Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition.

‘Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him.’; ‘But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid.’;

Insipidadjective

lacking taste or flavor or tang;

‘a bland diet’; ‘insipid hospital food’; ‘flavorless supermarket tomatoes’; ‘vapid beer’; ‘vapid tea’;

Insipidadjective

lacking significance or impact;

‘an insipid novel’;

Insipidadjective

lacking interest or significance;

‘an insipid personality’; ‘jejune novel’;

Insipidadjective

not pleasing to the sense of taste

Insipidadjective

lacking flavour; weak or tasteless

‘mugs of insipid coffee’;

Insipidadjective

lacking vigour or interest

‘many artists continued to churn out insipid, shallow works’;