tasteless

English

Alternative forms

• tastelesse (obsolete)

Etymology

taste +‎ -less

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪstləs/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

tasteless (comparative more tasteless, superlative most tasteless)

1. Having no flavour; bland; insipid.
2. Lacking delicacy, refinement, and good taste; unbecoming; crass.

Antonyms

• tasteful

Derived terms

• tastelessness
• tastelessly

Translations

having no flavour

• Armenian: անհամ (hy) (anham)
• Bulgarian: безвкусен (bg) (bezvkusen)
• Catalan: sonso (ca), sense sabor, sense gust, insípid (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 淡 (taam⁵), 冇味 (mou⁵ mei⁶), 淡茂茂 (yue) (taam⁵ mau⁴ mau⁴), 淡而無味／淡而无味 (taam⁵ ji⁴ mou⁴ mei⁶)

  Mandarin: 淡 (zh) (dàn), 不美味 (zh) (bù měiwèi), 淡而無味／淡而无味 (zh) (dàn'érwúwèi)

• Danish: smagløs
• Dutch: smakeloos (nl)
• Finnish: mauton (fi)
• French: fade (fr)
• Georgian: უგემური (ugemuri)
• German: geschmacklos (de)
• Greek: άγευστος (el) (ágefstos)

  Ancient: ἄγευστος (ágeustos)

• Hungarian: ízetlen (hu), íztelen (hu)
• Indonesian: tawar (id)
• Irish: leamh
• Japanese: 味のない (ja) (あじのない, aji no nai), 不味い (ja) (まずい, mazui)
• Kazakh: дәмсіз (dämsız)
• Korean: 맛없다 (ko) (madeopda)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بێتام‎ (bêtam)

  Northern Kurdish: bêtam (ku)

• Latin: insulsus
• Macedonian: безвкусен (bezvkusen)
• Mansi: атта̄л (attāl)
• Maori: kōwhau
• Norwegian: flau (no)

  Bokmål: smakløs (no), smaklaus

  Nynorsk: smaklaus

• Ottoman Turkish: طاتسز‎ (tatsız), لذتسز‎ (lezzetsiz), یاوان‎ (yavan)
• Plautdietsch: schmaklooss, fleiw
• Polish: bez smaku
• Portuguese: insípido (pt)
• Romanian: fără gust, insipid (ro), fad (ro), searbăd (ro)
• Russian: безвку́сный (ru) (bezvkúsnyj), пре́сный (ru) (présnyj), невку́сный (ru) (nevkúsnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ana-blasta
• Spanish: insípido (es), insaboro, desabrido (es), soso (es)
• Swedish: smaklös (sv)
• Tagalog: mayapa
• Telugu: రుచిలేని (te) (rucilēni)
• Thai: จืด (th) (jʉ̀ʉt)
• Turkish: tatsız (tr)
• Vietnamese: lạt (vi), nhạt (vi)

lacking refinement

• Armenian: անհամ (hy) (anham)
• Bulgarian: нетактичен (bg) (netaktičen), неприличен (bg) (nepriličen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粗魯／粗鲁 (zh) (cūlǔ)

• Danish: smagløs
• Dutch: smakeloos (nl)
• Finnish: mauton (fi)
• Georgian: უგემოვნო (ugemovno)
• German: geschmacklos (de)
• Hungarian: ízléstelen (hu)
• Latin: insulsus
• Macedonian: безвкусен (bezvkusen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smakløs (no), smaklaus

  Nynorsk: smaklaus

• Russian: беста́ктный (ru) (bestáktnyj), безвку́сный (ru) (bezvkúsnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ana-blasta
• Spanish: vulgar (es), corriente (es)

Anagrams

• stateless