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Grammar : Adj
Spell : teyst-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪst lɪs



Definition of tasteless

Origin :
  • 1590s, "unable to taste;" c.1600, "uninteresting;" 1610s, "insipid;" 1670s, "tactless;" from taste (n.) + -less. Related: Tastelessly; tastelessness.
  • adj without flavor
  • adj cheap, vulgar
Example sentences :
  • Words are not more than tasteless drapery to obscure their lines.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • If oysters are cooked too much they become tough and tasteless.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • For months she had fed on lean and tasteless trout exhausted by spawning.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees
  • And what a number of vapid and tasteless jokes would it provoke!
  • Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
  • Their flesh is not eaten, except that of the young ones, for it is tough and tasteless.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers » by Various
  • If an article is tasteless, it means that these filaments do not vibrate.
  • Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • For ordinary people philosophy is as tasteless as the white of an egg.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • To say the truth, it is a tasteless, worthless, disgusting device.'
  • Extract from : « The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 » by Thomas de Quincey
  • The doctrine of the cross is and must be, tasteless to those who do not sorrow for sin.
  • Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
  • In similar ways it may be demonstrated that the air is tasteless.
  • Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper

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