adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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US:/ˈfleɪvɚləs/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈfleɪvələs/
Australia:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:F L EY1 V ER2 L EH0 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Flat; lacking character or definition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1902, Bret Harte, Openings in the Old Trail, IV: A Buckeye Hollow Inheritance, [...] and the gravestone of its dead owner on the hill was no more flavorless of his personality than was this plain house in which he had lived and died.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Without flavor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh1- Proto-Indo-European *bhleh1-der. Proto-Italic *flāōder. Latin flō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin flātor Vulgar Latin *flātorder. Old French flaorbor. Middle English savourinflu. Middle English flavour English flavor Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English flavorless From flavor + -less.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Czech:
bez chuti
— lacking taste or flavor
Danish:
smagløs
— lacking taste or flavor
Faroese:
smakkleysur
— lacking taste or flavor
Finnish:
mauton
— lacking taste or flavor
German:
fad
— lacking taste or flavor
German:
fade
— lacking taste or flavor
German:
geschmacklos
— lacking taste or flavor
Greek:
ακαρύκευτος
(akarýkeftos)
— lacking taste or flavor
Ancient Greek:
ἄγευστος
(ágeustos)
— lacking taste or flavor
Latin:
insulsus
— lacking taste or flavor
Māori:
mākihakiha
— lacking taste or flavor
Marathi:
बेचव
(becav)
— lacking taste or flavor
Plautdietsch:
schmaklooss
— lacking taste or flavor
Portuguese:
insípido
— lacking taste or flavor
Portuguese:
insosso
— lacking taste or flavor
Punjabi:
ਰਸਹੀਣ
(rashīṇ)
— lacking taste or flavor
Russian:
безвкусный
(bezvkusnyj)
— lacking taste or flavor
Russian:
без запаха
(bez zapaxa)
— lacking taste or flavor
Slovak:
bez chuti
— lacking taste or flavor
Spanish:
soso
— lacking taste or flavor
Spanish:
desaborido
— lacking taste or flavor
Spanish:
chirle
— lacking taste or flavor
Spanish:
insulso
— lacking taste or flavor
Spanish:
insípido
— lacking taste or flavor
Swedish:
smaklös
— lacking taste or flavor
Swedish:
jolmig
— lacking taste or flavor
Swedish:
fadd
— lacking taste or flavor
Turkish:
tatsız
— lacking taste or flavor
Turkish:
lezzetsiz
— lacking taste or flavor
Turkish:
sası
— lacking taste or flavor
Ottoman Turkish:
طاتسز
(tatsız)
— lacking taste or flavor
Ottoman Turkish:
لذتسز
(lezzetsiz)
— lacking taste or flavor
Ottoman Turkish:
یاوان
(yavan)
— lacking taste or flavor
Finnish:
mitäänsanomaton
— flat; lacking character or definition
Russian:
пре́сный
(présnyj)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Russian:
безжизненный
(bezžiznennyj)
— flat; lacking character or definition
Russian:
вя́лый
(vjályj)
— flat; lacking character or definition
