tasteless (ˈteɪstlɪs
)
Definitions
adjective
- lacking in flavour; insipid
- lacking social or aesthetic taste
- rare unable to taste
Alternative Forms
ˈtastelessly adverb ˈtastelessness nounSynonyms
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vulgar,
crude,
improper,
low,
gross,
rude,
coarse,
crass,
unseemly,
indiscreet,
tactless,
uncouth,
impolite,
graceless,
indelicate,
indecorous,
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insipid,
bland,
flat,
boring,
thin,
weak,
dull,
mild,
tame,
watered-down,
uninteresting,
uninspired,
vapid,
flavourless,
Translations
- British English:
tasteless
If you describe something as tasteless, you mean that it is vulgar and unattractive....a house full of tasteless furniture.ˈteɪstlɪs ADJECTIVE ...a house full of tasteless furniture.
- Spanish:
insípido
adj insípida
- French:
fade
adj
- German:
geschmacklos
adj
- Chinese: 没味道的 adj
- Arabic: تَفِه adj
- Portuguese: insípido adj insípida
- Russian: безвкусный adj безвкусная
- Croatian: neukusan adj neukusna
- Czech: mdlý adj
- Danish: smagløs adj
- Dutch: smaakloos adj
- Finnish: mauton adj
- Greek: κακόγουστος adj κακόγουστη
- Italian: insapore adj
- Japanese: 味のない no_posp
- Korean: 맛없는 adj
- Norwegian: smakløs adj
- Polish: niesmaczny adj niesmaczna
- Brazilian Portuguese: insípido adj insípida
- European Spanish:
insípido
adj insípida
- Swedish: smaklös adj smaklöst
- Thai: ไม่มีรสนิยม adj
- Turkish: tatsız tuzsuz adj
- Vietnamese: vô vị adj
Usage examples
This struck Will as tasteless , which fact must have registered on his long, dolorous features, because the drinker said, "I'm sorry.
, EVERVILLE (2001)United supporters are themselves capable of dishing out the tasteless taunts.
Spiked (2003)This cheerfully tasteless ode to the yuletide season rips into everything Americans hold dear about Christmas.
The Australian (2004)Glasgow Airport 24 hours AFTER the club's humiliating 3-1 defeat by Inverness Caley -- made the tasteless quip to reporters.
Sun, News of the World (2000)Hateful, tasteless , witless, bleak, boring, dirty, tat -- IT HAS NOTHING.
, The Kenneth Williams Diaries (1994)