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insipidity

noun

Definition of insipiditynext
as in tastelessness

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  1. tastelessness
  2. staleness
  3. flatness
Noun
  • The comments section features a piquant blend of solemnity, mortification, tastelessness, and transphobia, which accords with Moreschi’s reception in his lifetime.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • So, after the sombrero drew hearty guffaws, my friend Jim busied himself finding monuments to chip-and-dip tastelessness.
    — Lee Michael Katz, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
Definition of tastelessness
Noun
  • Although they’re designed to dispense cereal, most also have an airtight seal to lock in the freshness and avoid staleness.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The pilot of Adult Swim’s President Curtis, created by Dan Harmon and James Siciliano, seems to confirm the staleness and lack of utility for the new series.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Definition of staleness
Noun
  • The poetics of self-perception, memory, time, surface, depth, flatness, dimension, boundaries.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Hillary Kelly argues that the generation’s novels tend to focus on the flatness of modern life—but alienation doesn’t have to be dull.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Definition of flatness
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“Insipidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insipidity. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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