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tasteless
[ teyst-lis ]
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.
tasteless
/ ˈٱɪٱɪ /
adjective
- lacking in flavour; insipid
- lacking social or aesthetic taste
- rare.unable to taste
Derived Forms
- ˈٲٱԱ, noun
- ˈٲٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ٲٱl· adverb
- ٲٱl·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tasteless1
Example Sentences
It’s boorish and grating, assuming its audience will lap up whatever tasteless parody it puts out for them just because it aligns with popular films that share its basic themes.
Gibson's legal right to tell jokes, no matter how tasteless, is not in dispute.
Rabbi David Mason, executive director of the Jewish Council for Racial Equality, said the post was "utterly tasteless".
Rupert Murdoch, the Sun's owner, later said that headline had been "tasteless and wrong".
A prematurely harvested durian can be as tasteless as a green banana.
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