All 3 Uses of
insipid
in
Love in the Time of Cholera
- The reality was that one could not see anything more, or anything more exciting, through the spyglass than one could see on the street, but there were many clients who came every Sunday to wrangle over the telescope for the pure delight of tasting the insipid forbidden fruits of the walled area that was denied them.†
Chpt 2
- On the nearly deserted dock guarded by barefoot soldiers without uniforms, his sisters and mother were waiting for him, along with his closest friends, whom he found insipid and without expectations despite their sophisticated airs; they spoke about the crisis of the civil war as if it were remote and foreign, but they all had an evasive tremor in their voices and an uncertainty in their eyes that belied their words.†
Chpt 3
- After much thought he risked a white rose, which he liked less than the others because it was insipid and mute:†
Chpt 6 *
Definition:
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(insipid) dull (uninteresting and unimpactful)