tasteless

[teyst-lis]

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adjective

having no taste or flavor; insipid.
dull; uninteresting.
lacking in aesthetic quality or capacity; devoid of good taste: a houseful of tasteless furnishings; a tasteless director of stale, dreary films.

lacking in politeness, seemliness, tact, etc.; unmannerly; insensitive: a tasteless remark.
lacking the physical sense of taste.

Origin of tasteless

First recorded in 1585–95; taste + -less

Related formstaste·less·ly, adverbtaste·less·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for tasteless

Contemporary Examples

The tasteless bread was transformed into a sweet cake that included ingredients, such as dried fruit and marzipan.
One Cake to Rule Them All: How Stollen Stole Our Hearts
Molly Hannon
December 24, 2014
They treated his rantings as a tasteless form of benign political posturing.
Sheldon Adelson’s ‘Bomb Empty Iranian Desert’ Comment
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
October 25, 2013
After making a tasteless knock-knock joke in court, West celebrated by eating ice cream with his daughters.
George Zimmerman’s Lawyer Don West Took a Truly Shocking Selfie
Brian Ries
June 29, 2013
The Sacramento Bee went on to publish a tasteless cartoon making the same point.
Don’t Be a Tragedy Troll
Joshua DuBois
May 22, 2013
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts that are actually delicious and moist, rather than kind of dry and tasteless.
The 2012 Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide
Megan McArdle
December 13, 2012

Historical Examples

Words are not more than tasteless drapery to obscure their lines.
The Spenders
Harry Leon Wilson
If oysters are cooked too much they become tough and tasteless.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
For months she had fed on lean and tasteless trout exhausted by spawning.
Creatures of the Night
Alfred W. Rees
And what a number of vapid and tasteless jokes would it provoke!
Tony Butler
Charles James Lever
Their flesh is not eaten, except that of the young ones, for it is tough and tasteless.
Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers
Various

British Dictionary definitions for tasteless

tasteless

adjective

lacking in flavour; insipid
lacking social or aesthetic taste
rare unable to taste

Derived Formstastelessly, adverbtastelessness, noun

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Word Origin and History for tasteless

adj.

1590s, "unable to taste;" c.1600, "uninteresting;" 1610s, "insipid;" 1670s, "tactless;" from taste (n.) + -less. Related: Tastelessly; tastelessness.

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Examples from the Web for tasteless

Contemporary Examples

The tasteless bread was transformed into a sweet cake that included ingredients, such as dried fruit and marzipan.

They treated his rantings as a tasteless form of benign political posturing.

After making a tasteless knock-knock joke in court, West celebrated by eating ice cream with his daughters.

The Sacramento Bee went on to publish a tasteless cartoon making the same point.

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts that are actually delicious and moist, rather than kind of dry and tasteless.

Historical Examples

Words are not more than tasteless drapery to obscure their lines.

If oysters are cooked too much they become tough and tasteless.

For months she had fed on lean and tasteless trout exhausted by spawning.

And what a number of vapid and tasteless jokes would it provoke!

Their flesh is not eaten, except that of the young ones, for it is tough and tasteless.

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Word Origin and History for tasteless

adj.

Origin of tasteless