Describing an untended garden of insipid character (5)
I believe the answer is:
weedy
'describing an untended garden of insipid' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'character' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'character' could be 'y' and 'y' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'weed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for weedy that I've seen before include "Skinny" , "wimpish" , "quite unlike Charles Atlas" , "Thin, puny (colloq.)" , "scrawny" .)