Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tasteless

/ˈteɪstləs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: taste-less
IPA: /ˈteɪstləs/

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no flavour; bland; insipid.

adj

Lacking delicacy, refinement, and good taste; unbecoming; crass.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: untasteable"
"They accused the cook of being a hack, claiming that the soup was tasteless."
"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."
"Malcolm seeks help via the Internet but not before he has elaborately explicit “sex” with Abigail, easily among the most offensively tasteless gross-outs in a movie that delights in them."

Etymology

Etymology tree English taste Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English tasteless From taste + -less.

Inflected Forms

more tasteless (comparative) most tasteless (superlative) tastelesse (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

tastelessness tastelessly

Phrases

all one's taste is in one's mouth

Frequently Paired Words

all one's taste is in one's mouth distasteful

Synonyms

untasteable untasteful atrocious bedizened blatant blingish brash campy catchpenny chichi chintzy corny

Antonyms

tasteful

Questions

How do you pronounce tasteless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈteɪstləs/.
What does tasteless mean?: Having no flavour; bland; insipid.
Where does tasteless come from?: Etymology tree English taste Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English tasteless From taste + -less.

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