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tasteless

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taste·less  (tstls)
adj.
1. Lacking flavor; insipid.
2. Not having or showing good taste.

tasteless·ly adv.
tasteless·ness n.

tasteless
Adjective
1. lacking in flavour: the canteen serves cold, tasteless pizzas
2. lacking social or aesthetic taste: a room full of tasteless ornaments, a tasteless remark
tastelessly adv
tastelessness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tasteless - lacking flavor
unappetising, unappetizing - not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste
unpalatable - not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind; "an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
2.tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
inelegant - lacking in refinement or grace or good taste
pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
tasteful - having or showing or conforming to good taste

tasteless
adjective 1. gaudy, cheap, vulgar, tacky (informal) flashy, naff Brit. (slang) garish, inelegant, tawdry << OPPOSITE tasteful
adjective 3. insipid, bland, flat, boring, thin, weak, dull, mild, tame, watered-down, uninteresting, uninspired, vapid, flavourless << OPPOSITE tasty
Translations
tasteless [ˈteɪstlɪs] adj [food] → soso; [remark] → de mal gusto
tasteless [ˈteɪstlɪs] taste adj [food] → insipide; [remark] → de mauvais goût
tasteless [ˈteɪstlɪs] taste adjgeschmacklos
tasteless [ˈteɪstlɪs] adj [food] → insipido/a; [remark] → di cattivo gusto


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Next, the butter--the sham and tasteless butter; no salt in it, and made of goodness knows what.
Come thou, and if I am too tasteless of thy valuable treasures, warm my heart with the transporting thought of conveying them to others.
The food consisted of about a pound of some solid substance of the consistency of cheese and almost tasteless, while the liquid was apparently milk from some animal.
 
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