<adj.all> a bland diet insipid hospital food flavorless supermarket tomatoes vapid beer vapid tea
lacking interest or significance or impact
<adj.all> an insipid personality jejune novel
Insipid \In*sip"id\, a. [L. insipidus; pref. in- not + sapidus savory, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. insipide. See {Savor}.] 1. Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food. --Boyle.
2. 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. --South.
But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid. --Dryden.
The contest, which Rice calls "a sneaky but enjoyable way to encourage writing," invites insipid inkslingers to offer opening sentences to the worst possible hypothetical novels.
By contrast, the insipid world of mainstream economics could be populated entirely by intelligent computers.