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tastelessness - 2 dictionary results

taste⋅less

  [teyst-lis]
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–adjective
1. having no taste or flavor; insipid.
2. dull; uninteresting.
3. lacking in aesthetic quality or capacity; devoid of good taste: a houseful of tasteless furnishings; a tasteless director of stale, dreary films.
4. lacking in politeness, seemliness, tact, etc.; unmannerly; insensitive: a tasteless remark.
5. lacking the physical sense of taste.
Origin:
1585–95; taste + -less

Related forms:
taste⋅less⋅ly, adverb
taste⋅less⋅ness, noun
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taste·less   (tāst'lĭs)   
adj.  
  1. Lacking flavor; insipid.
  2. Not having or showing good taste.
taste'less·ly adv., taste'less·ness n.
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