tasteless

[teyst-lis]

adjective

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 stale, dreary films.

4. lacking in politeness, seemliness, tact, etc.; unmannerly; insensitive.

   a tasteless remark.

5. lacking the physical sense of taste.

tasteless

/ ˈteɪstlɪs /

adjective

1. lacking in flavour; insipid

2. lacking social or aesthetic taste

3. rare,  unable to taste

Other Word Forms

• tastelessly adverb
• tastelessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tasteless¹

First recorded in 1585–95; taste + -less

Example Sentences

But speech that is tasteless has always been protected by the First Amendment.

From Salon

Methanol can be easily disguised in drinks as it is tasteless and has a faint smell.

From BBC

The sculpture has long sparked polemics: While adherents of the left generally applauded it, and some visitors would leave flowers, critics assailed the artwork as a tasteless shrine to a bloody communist dictatorship.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, Lyonne took a hard right in the other direction, giving a tasteless quote to New York Magazine” for their cover story on Hollywood’s move toward AI earlier this month.

From Salon

But ideas are bigger than one tasteless lug with a thing for golden toilets.

From Salon

Related Words

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• rude 
• stupid 
• tacky 
• tawdry