insipidity
Noun
Meaning
Alt. of Insipidness
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
insipidness
blandness
dreariness
boringness
routine
boredom
flatness
dryness
slowness
infirmity
monotony
dullness
banality
ennui
mildness
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However, in the end he decided not to have the overture performed because of its—his own words—"pretentious insipidity".
"The Influence of transmission on the English Ballads", Modern Language Review 11 (1916), p. 387. According to Scott, transcribed ballads often have a 'flatness and insipidity' compared to their oral counterparts.
He wrote: "Decidedly the atmosphere was not intellectually stimulating and a sense of the utter insipidity of life grew upon me."