savorless

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Turning first to economics, De Gaulle began with a 20-minute justification of the De Gaulle policy�midway between the "excesses" of totally free enterprise and "sullen, colorless and savorless" socialism.

From Time Magazine Archive

But to Stewart the single cigar he had kept for himself seemed strangely savorless.

From The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Her deep-dish pies became savorless, the whipped cream smeary and sad of taste.

From Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm by Fogarty, Thomas

When mutton is two years old, the meat is flabby, pale and savorless.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

Mr. Royce knew a few of them, too, and introduced me to them, but I found their talk somehow flat and savorless.

From The Holladay Case A Tale by Stevenson, Burton Egbert