The Clue
Insipid (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BLAND
Tags
Notes
The answer BLAND is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 700 puzzles.
Related Clues
Flavorless
Pleasant
Antonym for zesty
Lacking individuality
Lacking spice
Opposite of spicy
Sans pizazz
Short on flavor
Unlikely to excite
White-bread
Wishy-washy
Without flavor
Like baby food
Like some diets
"Old Virginny" composer
Like traditional hospital fare
Definition
BLAND as an adjective:
1. (bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid) = lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
2. (bland, flat) = lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
3. (politic, smooth, suave, bland) = smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound