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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; salt 1, -less

Example Sentences

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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

But one last word warns us what is the certain end of the saltless salt.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander