insipidness

== English == === Etymology === From insipid + -ness. === Noun === insipidness (uncountable) A lack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character; tastelessness; extreme blandness. 1948, William S. Lieberman, "Modern French Tapestries," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 142: As Jean Lurcat said, "The art had died, killed by consumption, insipidness, lymphatism, and inversion." 1977, K. C. Bennett, "Practical Criticism Revisited,' College English, vol. 38, no. 6, p. 575: This poem suffers from structural weakness, indeed insipidness. ==== Synonyms ==== insipidity, tastelessness, vapidity ==== Translations ====