Definition of Tastelessness

1. Noun. The property of having no flavor.


2. Noun. Inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste.
Generic synonyms: Inelegance
Specialized synonyms: Cheapness, Sleaze, Tackiness, Tat, Brashness, Flashiness, Garishness, Gaudiness, Glitz, Loudness, Meretriciousness, Tawdriness
Antonyms: Tastefulness
Derivative terms: Tasteless

Definition of Tastelessness

1. Noun. The quality, state, or characteristic of being tasteless. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tastelessness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tastelessness

taste property
taste ridge
taste sensation
taste tester
taste threshold
tasteable
tastebud
tastebuds
tasted
tasteful
tastefully
tastefulness
tastefulnesses
tasteless
tastelessly
tastelessness (current term)
tastelessnesses
tastemaker
tastemakers
tastemaking
taster
tasters
tastes
tastes like chicken
tastevin
tastevins
tastewise
tastier
tastiest
tastily

Literary usage of Tastelessness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"... non-percipient, destitute of sensation or perception. 2. Stupid, senseless, foolish, destitute of sense. Insipidity, \t3. I. tastelessness ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"3. Inanimate, insentient, unconscious, insensible, un perceiving, non-percipient, destitute of sensation or perception. Insipidity, )я, I. tastelessness, ..."

3. Germany in MDCCCXXXI by John Strang (1836)
"... Ramparts—Scottish destructiveness contrasted with Hamburgh tastelessness—the Churches of Hamburgh —St. Peter's—St. ^Nicholas'—St. Catherine's—likeness ..."

4. Germany in MDCCCXXI. by John Strang (1836)
"... of the lately planted Ramparts—Scottish destructiveness contrasted with Hamburgh tastelessness ..."

5. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Taoism by James Legge (1891)
"Vacancy, stillness, placidity, tastelessness, quietude, silence, and non-action ;—this is the Level of heaven and earth, and the perfection of the Tao and ..."

6. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... tastelessness, insipidity. insister, vi insist. Insolation, /. insolation, exposure to the sun. Insoler, vt expose to the rays of the sun. ..."

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