tasteless
Americanadjective
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having no taste or flavor; insipid.
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dull; uninteresting.
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lacking in aesthetic quality or capacity; devoid of good taste.
a houseful of tasteless furnishings; a tasteless director of stale, dreary films.
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lacking in politeness, seemliness, tact, etc.; unmannerly; insensitive.
a tasteless remark.
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lacking the physical sense of taste.
adjective
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lacking in flavour; insipid
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lacking social or aesthetic taste
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rare unable to taste
Other Word Forms
- tastelessly adverb
- tastelessness noun
Etymology
Origin of tasteless
Example Sentences
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“It feels tasteless and cold,” one wrote on RedNote.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
“I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me,” Attia wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Critics of prediction markets decry betting on wars as ghoulish and tasteless.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Gibson's legal right to tell jokes, no matter how tasteless, is not in dispute.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025
The food is oven-fresh, spotless and tasteless; untouched by human hands.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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