insipidness
nounEtymology From insipid + -ness.
1
A lack of distinctive, appealing, or energetic character; tastelessness; extreme blandness.
- As Jean Lurcat said, "The art had died, killed by consumption, insipidness, lymphatism, and inversion."1948, William S. Lieberman, "Modern French Tapestries," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 142
- This poem suffers from structural weakness, indeed insipidness.1977, K. C. Bennett, "Practical Criticism Revisited,' College English, vol. 38, no. 6, p. 575
1 more example
- His void spaces are a criticism of the insipidness of the overly materialistic modern way of life.1983, Kiyoshi Takeyama, “Tadao Andô: Heir to a Tradition,”, in Perspecta, volume 20, page 180:
- Synonyms
- insipidity, tastelessness, vapidity