Tastelessness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tasteless \Taste"less\, a.
     1. Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.
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     2. Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a
        tasteless age. --Orrery.


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     3. Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless
        arrangement of drapery; a tasteless remark.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Taste"less*ly}, adv. --
        {Taste"less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tastelessness
       n 1: the property of having no flavor [syn: {flavorlessness}, {flavourlessness},
             {savorlessness}, {savourlessness}]
       2: inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste [ant: {tastefulness}]