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tasteless

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Word definitions for tasteless in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "unable to taste;" c.1600, "uninteresting, insipid" (figurative); 1610s, "having no taste;" 1670s, "tactless;" from taste (n.) + -less . Related: Tastelessly ; tastelessness .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. lacking flavor [ant: tasteful ] lacking aesthetic or social taste [syn: in poor taste(p) ] [ant: tasteful ] not pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: insipid ] deficient in tastefulness; "coarse and tasteless luxury"

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tasteless \Taste"less\, a. Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit. Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a tasteless age. --Orrery. Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery; a tasteless remark. ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ tasteless jokes ▪ a tasteless TV talk show ▪ a plate of tasteless , overcooked vegetables ▪ gaudy and tasteless designs ▪ I think a lot of modern architecture is completely tasteless . ▪ It was an ugly room with tasteless ...

Usage examples of tasteless.

As santonin is almost entirely tasteless, if not combined with other medicines which are unpalatable, no difficulty will be experienced in administering it to children.

We had but one spoon between us, and took turns with it, filling our bellies with warm, albeit tasteless, food.

There were anchovies and olives and tasteless Mediterranean fish with brown bread and a lobster and hard cheese, all washed down with Aleatico from Elba.

Vengeance, far from being sweet, is entirely tasteless, I thought, as I followed Chubby down to the beach.

The tasteless gazpacho came alive after I had a little dish of salt brought to the table and added two tiny pinches.

The spores of Club Moss constitute a fine pale-yellow, dusty powder which is unctuous, tasteless, inodorous, and only medicinal when pounded in all agate mortar until the individual spores, or nuts, are fractured.

It is a white, tasteless, and inodorous substance, used in the manufacture of candles.

It is in white, tasteless, inodorous, glistening, scaly crystals, insoluble in water.

He disliked the man from day one, and his tasteless display with Kylie verified his suspicions.

It was filled with pure white marbleized softened tallow -- tasteless, colorless, odorless animal fat that had been rendered in simmering water.

Emily, which, amidst the dissipation of the city had been obscured, but never obliterated from his heart, revived with all the charms of innocence and beauty, to reproach him for having sacrificed his happiness and debased his talents by pursuits, which his nobler faculties would formerly have taught him to consider were as tasteless as they were degrading.

It was strongly flavored and chewy and among the most satisfying meals he had ever eaten: not quite on the scale of uj cake, but so far from the odorless, tasteless, textureless field rations that it might well have been.

Edge thanked her sincerely and ate his breakfast with wolfish appetite, though it was only a small carp and as tasteless and textureless as all river carp.

No matter how much money Toret heaped upon her for clothing and jewelry, she retained the appearance of a well-paid but tasteless prostitute.

They made camp on the lee of a hill in a pine grove and supped on a meal of dried venison and crue, a tasteless but nourishing waybread, and they took their meal with hearty hot tea.