tasteless
AdjectiveUS[teyst-luhs]/ˈteɪstləs/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- lacking flavorOpposite tastySimilar bland, unflavored, unsaltedRelates to taste propertySee also unappetizing, unpalatable
- lacking aesthetic or social tasteOpposite tastefulSimilar brassy, indelicate, Brummagem, camp, barbaric, ostentatiousRelates to taste, appreciationSee also inelegant, pretentious
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Taste′less adjective
1. Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.
2. Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a tasteless age. John Boyle, Earl of Orrery
3. Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery; a tasteless remark.
— Taste′wb-a1′>′less·ly, adverb — Taste′wb-a1′>′less·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54