Recently, I observed a CEO address a conference as a keynote speaker with a truly insipid presentation.

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The Spanish variant and the hybrid are more robust than the native, they do not droop as much and have a more insipid colour with pink and white hues.

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Its song, containing everything that makes pop music insipid in one tidy package, has inspired a backlash so hard that a stunned Rebecca herself has likened it to cyberbullying.

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Asec looked insipid on their home ground, unlike their Nigerian visitors who produced a tactically brilliant display, defending stoutly and using well-timed counter-attacks.

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An insipid first half did manage to provide enough chances for both sides to break the deadlock, but a lack of composure in and around the box ensured the score remained goalless at the break.

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It comes out not as a history lesson but a pure spirit stream, the work of a rash genius who lived to show his listeners the beauty hiding inside even the most insipid and overplayed tunes.

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Ireland were as sloppy, insipid and lacking punch in their narrow win over Italy as the French were full of invention and verve in a pulsating victory over Scotland.

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