tasteless
If food is tasteless, it has almost no flavor.
Having very little taste; lacking flavor.
If something is tasteless, it is rude or offensive.
Showing poor judgment about what is appropriate or respectful; likely to offend people.
If something looks tasteless, it is ugly or badly designed.
Lacking good aesthetic judgment; unattractive in a way that seems showy, cheap, or poorly chosen.
- Base: tasteless
tasteless and odorless
1having no taste or smell
If something is tasteless and odorless, you cannot taste or smell it.
- Carbon monoxide is tasteless and odorless, which makes it especially dangerous.
- The chemical is described as colorless, tasteless, and odorless.
- Because the gas is tasteless and odorless, a detector is essential.
- This gas is tasteless and odorless.
tasteless food
1food with no flavor
Tasteless food has almost no flavor.
- Hospital meals are sometimes tasteless food that needs extra seasoning.
- The diet is healthy, but the tasteless food makes it hard to follow.
- He complained about the tasteless food on the flight.
- The food is tasteless.
- I don’t like tasteless food.
tasteless humor
1humor that offends people
Tasteless humor is joking that is rude or insensitive.
- The show relies on tasteless humor instead of good writing.
- He enjoys tasteless humor, but his friends don’t.
- The comedian was criticized for tasteless humor about serious topics.
- I don’t like tasteless humor.
tasteless joke
1an offensive joke
A tasteless joke is a rude joke that can hurt people.
- He told a tasteless joke about the disaster, and people were shocked.
- Please don’t make tasteless jokes at work.
- She apologized for what she admitted was a tasteless joke.
- He made a tasteless joke.
- That was a tasteless joke.
tasteless remark
1an offensive comment
A tasteless remark is a rude or insensitive comment.
- He made a tasteless remark about her appearance.
- It was a tasteless remark, especially in front of the children.
- After his tasteless remark, the conversation quickly ended.
- She made a tasteless remark.
- His remark was tasteless.