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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
rareunable to taste
Other Word Forms
- tastelessly adverb
- tastelessness noun
- ˈٲٱԱ noun
- ˈٲٱ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of tasteless1
Example Sentences
But ideas are bigger than one tasteless lug with a thing for golden toilets.
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".
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