insulso

insulso
adj.
1 dull, unentertaining, boring, uninteresting.
2 tasteless, bland, dull, insipid.
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insulso
► adjetivo
1 (comida) insipid, tasteless
2 (persona) dull
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ADJ
1) [comida] tasteless, insipid
2) [charla, persona] dull
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-sa adjetivo
a) <comida> insipid, tasteless, bland
b) <persona> insipid, dull; <conversación/libro> dull
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= listless, bland, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, soulless, vapid.
Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.
Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
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* de un modo insulso = prosaically, listlessly.
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-sa adjetivo
a) <comida> insipid, tasteless, bland
b) <persona> insipid, dull; <conversación/libro> dull
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= listless, bland, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, soulless, vapid.

Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

Ex: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
Ex: Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.
Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
* de un modo insulso = prosaically, listlessly.

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insulso -sa
adjective
1 ‹comida› insipid, tasteless, bland
2 ‹persona› insipid, dull; ‹conversación/libro› dull
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insulso
◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ‹comida› insipid, tasteless

b) ‹persona› insipid, dull;

‹conversación/libro› dull
insulso,-a adjetivo insipid: es una persona muy insulsa, he's a very dull person
'insulso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
insulsa
English:
insipid
- tame
- uninspired
- bland
- nondescript
- unexciting
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insulso, -a adj
1. [comida] bland, insipid
2. [persona, libro] insipid, dull
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insulso
adj bland, insipid
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insulso, -sa adj
1) insípido: insipid, bland
2) : dull

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  • insulso — insulso, sa adjetivo 1) desabrido, insípido*, soso, insustancial, desaborido*, deslavazado. 2) simple, necio, tonto, estúpido …   Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • insulso — adj. 1. Insosso, insípido. 2.  [Figurado] Sem graça; desenxabido …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • insulso — insulso, sa (Del lat. insulsus, sin sal). 1. adj. insípido (ǁ falto de sabor). 2. Falto de gracia y viveza …   Diccionario de la lengua española

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  • insulso — in·sùl·so agg. 1. BU insipido, privo di sapore 2. CO fig., di discorso, comportamento e sim., privo di spirito, di intelligenza, sciocco: dire frasi insulse, fare domande insulse, uno scherzo insulso | di uno scritto, uno spettacolo e sim., privo …   Dizionario italiano

  • insulso — {{＃}}{{LM I22209}}{{〓}} {{SynI22765}} {{［}}insulso{{］}}, {{［}}insulsa{{］}} ‹in·sul·so, sa› {{《}}▍ adj.{{》}} {{＜}}1{{＞}} Soso o falto de sabor: • La comida sin sal ni especias resulta insulsa.{{○}} {{《}}▍ adj./s.{{》}} {{＜}}2{{＞}} Falto de gracia,… …   Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • insulso — {{hw}}{{insulso}}{{/hw}}agg. 1 (raro) Privo di sale. 2 (fig.) Sciocco, futile | (est.) Scialbo: individuo –i …   Enciclopedia di italiano

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