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Definitions

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 feels tasteless and cold,” one wrote on RedNote.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 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

Critics of prediction markets decry betting on wars as ghoulish and tasteless.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

She also included a BBC News Instagram post quoting the Daily Telegraph's Ed Power, who wrote: "Ryan Murphy is the high priest of tacky tasteless television, and this year he has outdone himself."

From BBC • Nov. 7, 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

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.