Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Lacking flavor; insipid.
  • adjective Not having or showing good taste.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having no taste.
  • Incapable of the sense of taste: as, the tongue when furred is nearly tasteless.
  • Having no power of giving pleasure; stale; insipid; uninteresting; dull.
  • Not in accordance with the principles of good taste.
  • Destitute of the power to appreciate or enjoy what is excellent, beautiful, or harmonious; having bad or false taste: as, a tasteless age.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having no taste; insipid; flat.
  • adjective Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste.
  • adjective Not in accordance with good taste.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lacking flavor
  • adjective lacking aesthetic or social taste

Etymologies

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taste +‎ -less

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