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noun
The quality, state, or characteristic of being tasteless.
Crudeness; crassness; gaucheness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: tastefulness, discernment, discrimination
noun
The quality, state, or characteristic of being tasteless.
The state of being untasteable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: flavorlessness
Antonyms: savoriness
noun
inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: tastefulness
Broader terms: inelegance
Narrower terms: cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz
noun
the property of having no flavor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flavorlessness, flavourlessness, savorlessness, savourlessness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unappetizingness, unappetisingness
History
Etymology tree English taste 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 tasteless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tastelessness From tasteless + -ness.
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