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tasteless

/ˈteɪstləs/

tasteless adjective: having no flavour; bland; insipid.

Adjective

tasteless (comparative more tasteless, superlative most tasteless)

  1. Having no flavour; bland; insipid.
    • Near-synonym: untasteable
    • They accused the cook of being a hack, claiming that the soup was tasteless.
    Synonyms:
    untasteable
  2. Lacking delicacy, refinement, and good taste; unbecoming; crass.
    • They accused the designer of being a tasteless hack.
    • That was a rather tasteless attack on the designer, especially given that many people like the design.
    Antonyms:
    tasteful

tasteless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

tasteless in Hindi

tasteless, unappetizing
बेस्वाद besvād
tasteless, insipid
सीठा sīṭhā

tasteless in Tamil

சுவையற்ற

tasteless in Marathi

tasteless, flavorless, vapid
बेचव becav

tasteless in Urdu

بدذوق, بےلذت, بےمزہ, بےذوق, پھیکا
More languagesFewer languages
tasteless in Bengali
স্বাদহীন
tasteless in Telugu
రుచిలేని rucilēni
tasteless in Malayalam
രുചിയില്ലാത്ത, സ്വാദുള്ള
tasteless in Kannada
ರುಚಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಸಪ್ಪೆಯಾದ, ಸಪ್ಪೆ, ಸದಭಿರುಚಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ
tasteless in Punjabi
ਫਿੱਕਾ phikkā, ਬਕਬਕਾ bakbakā, ਅਲੂਣਾ alūṇā
tasteless in Gujarati
સ્વાદહીન
tasteless in Odia
ସ୍ୱାଦହୀନ, ସ୍ୱାଦୁହୀନ
tasteless in Nepali
स्वादहीन, स्वादरहित
tasteless in Tagalog
mayapa
tasteless in Indonesian
tawar
tasteless in Thai
จืด jʉ̀ʉt
tasteless in Vietnamese
lạt, nhạt

Examples of tasteless in a sentence

  • After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill.
  • "I’d like to publicly apologize for my tasteless comments about MGK," he said.
  • Zero brains for this tasteless, classless, humorless, scareless pile of wasted film.

All 19 example sentences with tasteless

Synonyms of tasteless

30 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of tasteless

Forms of tasteless

comparativemore tasteless
superlativemost tasteless
alternative form (obsolete)tastelesse

Origin of tasteless

From taste + -less.

Words formed from tasteless

Questions about tasteless

What does tasteless mean?
Tasteless means having no flavour; bland; insipid.
What is tasteless in Hindi?
Tasteless in Hindi is बेस्वाद (besvād), सीठा (sīṭhā). See Tasteless meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tasteless?
Tasteless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tasteless?
Tasteless is pronounced /ˈteɪstləs/.

Words near tasteless in the dictionary

  1. tasted
  2. tasted blood
  3. tasteful
  4. tastefully
  5. tastefulness
  6. tasteless
  7. tastelessly
  8. tastelessness
  9. tastelessnesses
  10. tastemaker
  11. tastemakers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tasteless (page history and authors); बेस्वाद (Hindi) (page history and authors); tasteless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बेचव (Marathi) (page history and authors); tasteless (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tasteless (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tasteless (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tasteless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਲੂਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); tasteless (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tasteless (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tasteless (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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