Get to know Tasteless better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like pretentious or unsalted.
Tasteless meaning
- Having no flavour; bland; insipid.
- Lacking delicacy, refinement, and good taste; unbecoming; crass.
Synonyms of Tasteless
Using Tasteless
- The main meaning on this page is: Having no flavour; bland; insipid. | Lacking delicacy, refinement, and good taste; unbecoming; crass.
- Useful related words include: pretentious, unsalted, nonflavoured, nonflavored.
- In the example corpus, tasteless often appears in combinations such as: tasteless and, and tasteless, of tasteless.
Context around Tasteless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tasteless
- In this selection, "tasteless" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, seems, distressingly, bland, odorless, show and sorry stand out and add context to how "tasteless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a somewhat tasteless sorry metaphor and be bland tasteless or challenging. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tasteless" sits close to words such as abdicated, acme and afcfta, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tasteless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I like mine tasteless. (4 words)
That’s their life, an empty cycle of tasteless theatrics. (10 words)
Sure, it’s a somewhat tasteless (sorry!) metaphor, but you get it. (12 words)
But at a time when the UK is battling with the cost-of-living crisis, and people can’t afford to heat their homes, over £100 for one night of live music seems tasteless and out of touch. (38 words)
Meant to spoof the numerous sitcoms of the 1950s, the comedy impetus behind the distressingly tasteless show remains unclear over 30 years after its brief tenure on the UK's Galaxy Network. (32 words)
A leading Hollywood designer has described the wacky outfits worn by Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry to present the Oscar for best costume design as “tasteless and insulting”. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
But at a time when the UK is battling with the cost-of-living crisis, and people can’t afford to heat their homes, over £100 for one night of live music seems tasteless and out of touch.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a tasteless, odorless threat that, even at low concentrations, can cause lasting damage in people who inhale it.
Meant to spoof the numerous sitcoms of the 1950s, the comedy impetus behind the distressingly tasteless show remains unclear over 30 years after its brief tenure on the UK's Galaxy Network.
The jambalaya and blackened fish in the cafe were tasteless and dried out.
As shown from the breakfast suggestions above, gluten-free breakfasts do not have to be bland, tasteless, or challenging to prepare.
Etiquette expert Sara Jane Ho has some valuable advice on which pictures to skip to avoid coming off as tasteless.
Paul insists that the series is naughty by suggestion, teasing without tasteless T&A, and both savvy and sassy.
Sure, it’s a somewhat tasteless (sorry!) metaphor, but you get it.
Tasteless salads, protein shakes and far too many vegetables may be what you see when picturing 'diet foods'.
That’s their life, an empty cycle of tasteless theatrics.
They are odourless, colourless and tasteless, and though rohypnol can be detected for up to seven days, GHB and GBL leave the body within hours.
Doctors told the victim her symptoms sounded similar to those associated with consuming GHB, a colorless, odorless, tasteless liquid widely known as one of the date rape drugs.
Even for students who operate on constrained time and budgets, quick and cheap doesn’t have to mean dull and tasteless.
Grapperhaus said he saw photos of the parade and finds it "totally wrong", "tasteless", and "below all levels".
They knew their speeches were a retinue of nice-sounding but meaningless platitudes much like a string of glossy commercials selling an attractive but fundamentally tasteless confection.
They’re tasteless mockeries of a perfectly fine beverage — trying to trick you into thinking they are somehow fancier and more refreshing.
This is a great cookbook that will keep you on the planet for years to come without having to eat a bunch of tasteless, boring meals.
A leading Hollywood designer has described the wacky outfits worn by Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry to present the Oscar for best costume design as “tasteless and insulting”.
Goldlink just wrote the most backhanded letter to Mac Miller and it's just tasteless to share it with the public.
I like mine tasteless.
Common combinations with tasteless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tasteless and 10×
- and tasteless 9×
- of tasteless 4×
- is tasteless 3×
- odorless tasteless 3×
- as tasteless 2×
- or tasteless 2×
- tasteless but 2×
- the tasteless 2×