Tasteless, insipid; sickly.

Devoid of savour.

Having no savour; not attractive to the taste; tasteless, insipid. Obsolete.

Of food or another perishable substance. Tasteless, insipid; unseasoned. rare. Now regional.

Having no savour; tasteless or odourless. Also in figurative context.

Destitute of savour, sickly-flavoured, tasteless, insipid; unsalted. Cf. wersh, adj. 1.

Tasteless.

Of salt: insipid, flavourless. Obsolete.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Of a fermented or aerated drink: that has lost its freshness or strength; flat, stale, insipid. Also (occasionally) of food. Obsolete.

Of food, drink, or tobacco: not sharp, strong, or hot in flavour; not pungent.

Insipid, tasteless, ill-tasting; having a sickly taste, nauseous.

Insipid, tasteless, flat; also, ill-tasting, nauseous, esp. through being over-sweet.

Having lost its active quality or virtue. Of drink, etc.: That has lost its sharpness, taste, or flavour; flat, vapid, insipid. ? Obsolete.

Of a taste: watery, weak, insipid. Obsolete.

Opposed to ‘hot’ as applied to taste or to effect on the bodily system: The opposite of pungent, acrid, or stimulating. Obsolete.

Of milk: ? Skimmed (in quot. 1594 apparently stale, sour; perhaps associated with flat, adj.).

Lacking flavour, tasteless, insipid. Obsolete. rare.

Destitute of savour; insipid, tasteless, or sickly-flavoured; unsalted. = wearish, adj. 1. Also figurative.

Stale, flat, that has lost its freshness; tainted.

Of food: Insipid.

In Latin sense. Tasteless, insipid, vapid.

Without taste or flavour; exciting no sensation of taste; insipid.

Of drink, etc.: That has lost its flavour or sharpness; dead, insipid, stale.

Without taste, tasteless; also, having only a very slight taste; without perceptible flavour or flavour sufficient to gratify the palate.

Incapable of being tasted; not perceptible by the sense of taste.

Insipid, tasteless, vapid.

Rendered vapid or insipid. Obsolete.

figurative. Lacking piquancy, poignancy, interest, or liveliness; insipid, ‘flat’.

Tasteless, insipid.

Of taste or flavour: faint, slight. Obsolete. rare.

Watery, insipid. Obsolete. rare.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1b.)

Of liquors, beverages, etc.: Devoid of briskness; failing to produce an agreeable effect on the palate; flat, insipid.

That has lost its virtue; effete, insipid.

Deprived of taste, tasteless, insipid. Obsolete.

Flat, insipid.

literal. Tasteless, insipid, dull or flat in taste.

figurative. loosely. Tasteless; not toothsome. Obsolete.

Nauseating; having a nauseating or disgusting taste or smell. Also in later use: tasting sickly or insipid.

Incapable of being tasted.

Tasteless, insipid; unpleasant to the smell or taste, sickly; faint, weak, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).

Not sharp or piquant.

Without flavour.

Not stimulating.

Somewhat dead (in various senses).

= mawkish, adj. 2. Also figurative.

Without brine or salt.

Of drink (or liquid food): Weak and insipid; sloppy. Also dialect as n. (see quot. 1824).

void of sap or substance.

Of liquor: Insipid, weak, thin.

= wishy-washy, adj.

Flavourless.

Of a distilled spirit: possessing no flavour.

Weak, washy.

Of medicines: Mild, unirritating. Of food: Not stimulating. (Cf. quot. 1667 at sense 2a).

That has lost its savour.

A contemptuous name for weak, insipid, or unsubstantial drink (or liquid food). Also attributive or adj.= wishy-washy, adj. 1.

Without spice or spices (literal and figurative); lacking pungency, insipid.