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tastelesshaving no flavor; lacking taste

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: having no flavor; lacking taste

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈteɪstləs/

Korean meaning: 맛이 없는, 무미한

Korean pronunciation: 테이스트-리스 (강세: 테이스트)

Example Sentences

  • My mom's diet food is so tasteless, even the cat refuses to eat it.
  • His tasteless comments about her appearance made everyone uncomfortable.
  • The movie was full of tasteless humor that nobody found funny.

tasteless

ADJECTIVE

//ˈteɪstləs//

having no flavor; lacking taste

tasteless concept
💡 Concept

Food with absolutely no flavor

tasteless mnemonic english
🧠 Mnemonic

Chef Taste serves less flavor - tasteless and sad!

tasteless rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Tasteless soup leaves him restless and homeless.

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈteɪstləs/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈteɪstləs/

🌳Etymology

Roottaste
Suffix--less

Origin

From Old English 'taste' (probably from Old French 'taster' meaning to try or test) combined with the suffix '-less' (meaning without or lacking), which derives from Old English 'læs' meaning free from or without.

🎵Rhyme

restlesshomelessmindless
restless
homeless
mindless

🔗Collocations

tasteless food
tasteless joke
tasteless decoration
completely tasteless
rather tasteless

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My mom's diet food is so tasteless, even the cat refuses to eat it.

His tasteless comments about her appearance made everyone uncomfortable.

The movie was full of tasteless humor that nobody found funny.

😄 Fun example

This soup is so tasteless, it's like drinking flavored water.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

flavorlessblandinsipidvulgarcrude

Antonyms

tastyflavorfultasteful

Related

tastedistastefulunpalatableoffensive

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