tastelessness

[teyst-lis]

taste·less

[teyst-lis]
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

taste·less·ly, adverb
taste·less·ness, noun
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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tasteless (ˈteɪstlɪs)
 
adj
1.  lacking in flavour; insipid
2.  lacking social or aesthetic taste
3.  rare unable to taste
 
'tastelessly
 
adv
 
'tastelessness
 
n

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