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tasteless

[teyst-lis] / ˈteɪst lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
without flavor
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boring distasteful dull uninspired
WEAK
big zero blah bland dead flat flavorless insipid mild nowhere pabulum plain plain vanilla savorless stale tame thin unappetizing uninteresting unpalatable unpleasurable unsavory unseasoned vanilla vapid watered-down watery weak without spice zero
Antonyms
STRONGEST
exciting interesting
WEAK
appetizing couth flavorful moral nice savory tasteful tasty
ADJECTIVE
cheap, vulgar
Synonyms
STRONGEST
crass crude foolish garish off-color outlandish pretentious rude stupid tacky tawdry
WEAK
artificial barbaric barbarous coarse down and dirty flashy gaudy graceless hideous impolite improper indecorous indelicate indiscreet inelegant loud low low-down makeshift ornate ostentatious raunchy rough showy tactless trivial uncouth unlovely unpolished unrefined unseemly unsightly useless wild
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careful kind modest nice normal polished refined sophisticated tasteful
WEAK
appetizing couth flavorful moral savory tasty

Example Sentences

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It is, admittedly, hard to reconcile the fact that something so unambiguously tasteless has provoked this confrontation.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Some in the GOP regard his tasteless rhetoric and personal attacks as strikes against him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

“I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me,” Attia wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Gibson's legal right to tell jokes, no matter how tasteless, is not in dispute.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

“Yes, it is terrible, isn’t it?” he said, but with an expression that indicated that he thought it rather tasteless of me even to use it.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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