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

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)

For the time being life was savorless, and ambition had gone out like a snuffed candle.

From Anne of the Island by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

He saw that the mere sale of drawings would be a savorless success, if it bereft him of this plain-speaking but just friend.

From Ewing\'s Lady by Wilson, Harry Leon

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