tasteless adj

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  • tasteless — (adj.) 1590s, unable to taste; c.1600, uninteresting; 1610s, insipid; 1670s, tactless; from TASTE (Cf. taste) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Tastelessly; tastelessness …   Etymology dictionary

  • tasteless — [tāst′lis] adj. 1. a) without taste or flavor; flat; insipid b) dull; uninteresting 2. lacking good taste or showing poor taste tastelessly adv. tastelessness n …   English World dictionary

  • tasteless — adj 1. unflavorful, flavorless, unfavored, savorless, vapid, insipid, Fr. fade. dead; flat, stale, unpalatable, unsavory, unappetizing; weak, thin, watery, watered down. 2. dull, uninteresting, jejune, commonplace, prosaic, run of the mill;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • tasteless — adj. 1 lacking flavour. 2 having, or done in, bad taste. Derivatives: tastelessly adv. tastelessness n …   Useful english dictionary

  • tasteless — [[t]te͟ɪstləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something such as furniture, clothing, or the way that a house is decorated as tasteless, you consider it to be vulgar and unattractive. ...a flat crammed with spectacularly tasteless objets d art …   English dictionary

  • tasteless — taste|less [ˈteıstləs] adj 1.) food or drink that is tasteless is unpleasant because it has no particular taste 2.) slightly offensive ▪ a tasteless remark 3.) made, decorated, or chosen with bad taste ▪ a tasteless outfit ▪ ugly and tasteless… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tasteless — tastelessly, adv. tastelessness, n. /tayst lis/, adj. 1. having no taste or flavor; insipid. 2. dull; uninteresting. 3. lacking in aesthetic quality or capacity; devoid of good taste: a houseful of tasteless furnishings; a tasteless director of… …   Universalium

  • tasteless — [ˈteɪs(t)ləs] adj 1) food or drink that is tasteless has no flavour 2) showing bad judgment about what is attractive or suitable …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • tasteless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insipid, flat; inelegant; inept, clumsy, vulgar, savorless, unappetizing. See insipidity, vulgarity, inelegance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking flavor] Syn. unsavory, dull, bland, unseasoned,… …   English dictionary for students

  • tasteless — taste·less || teɪstlɪs adj. without taste, flavorless, bland; vulgar, indelicate, gaudy …   English contemporary dictionary

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