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saltless

American  
[sawlt-lis] / ˈsɔlt lɪs /

adjective

  1. lacking salt.

  2. lacking vitality; dull; insipid.

    a saltless person.


Etymology

Origin of saltless

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at salt 1, -less


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She advises against ciabatta, because it’s too airy, and instead recommends dense, saltless bread: “In other words, the bread of Tuscany and Umbria.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022

The pretzel bread performed much the same: Its saltless hide was not ideal but proved its worth once slathered with the now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t pimento cheese.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2018

Later, a cup of warm milk is described as tasting “of bone and blood, of warm flesh, or hair, saltless as chalk yet alive as a growing embryo.”

From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2015

"Others will find reading it about as exciting as eating the saltless bean paste its characters subsist on."

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2013

There still seems to be a great lot of this saltless salt in use.

From Quiet Talks on Following the Christ by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

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