mindmap root((乏味)) insipid implies a lack of sufficient taste or flavor to please or interest: ~ art and dull prose. vapid suggests a lack of liveliness, freshness, sparkle, force, or spirit: a potentially exciting story given a ~ treatment. flat applies to things that have lost their sparkle or zest and become dull and lifeless: although well-regarded in its day, this novel now seems ~. jejune suggests a lack of rewarding or satisfying substance and connotes barrenness, aridity, or meagerness: on close reading the poem comes across as ~. banal stresses the presence of trite and commonplace elements and the complete absence of freshness, novelty, or immediacy: a ~ tale of unrequited love. whishy-washy implies that essential or striking qualities are so weak or diluted as to seem utterly insipid or vapid: a set of ~ opinions on national issues. inane implies a lack of any significant or convincing quality or of any sense or point: gave an ~ interpretation of the play.