1
as in crass
lacking in refinement or good taste
posted a completely tasteless comment that drew immediate rebuke
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2
as in bland
lacking in taste or flavor
breakfast was usually plain, tasteless oatmeal
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3
as in inappropriate
marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste
a tasteless suit that he wore to the party as a joke
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Recent Examples of tasteless
The Office’s more tasteless moments remain hysterically funny thanks to the show’s empathy: this was a series that punched up, not down.
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
Flailing arms, bent legs, tasteless costumes and choppy music edits received his unapologetic ire.
—Deborah Wilker, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The first film had charm and heart, while Daddy’s Home 2 is mostly a tacky, tasteless affair.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Most commercially available types are predominately made of soybean oil, making the flavor mild and nearly tasteless.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
Flailing arms, bent legs, tasteless costumes and choppy music edits received his unapologetic ire.
—Deborah Wilker, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The first film had charm and heart, while Daddy’s Home 2 is mostly a tacky, tasteless affair.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Most commercially available types are predominately made of soybean oil, making the flavor mild and nearly tasteless.
—Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tasteless
Adjective
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Those other countries don’t seem to have the same proportion of crass blowhards in their political structure as the U.S.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Slipshod, crass, and sick, these jokes, dialling in from abroad and at home, were distinct from the humor that had followed other U.S. catastrophes.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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But the stories themselves are on the bland and predictable side, whether as individual pieces or combined together across these multiple genres.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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Is paradise a bland suburbia with a quaint downtown selling specialty ice cream to be eaten under a nearby gazebo?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Mickey Rourke was removed from the Celebrity Big Brother UK house after further usage of inappropriate language.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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Lewin has insisted there was nothing inappropriate about this visit.—
Nick Tabor,
Curbed,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Europeans were enchanted by the expressive fluency that the New York critics had considered vulgar.—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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The chief spoke at the LAPD’s Police Commission weekly meeting Tuesday, a day after news broke that officers from the department’s recruitment and employment division had been unknowingly recorded making vulgar comments, including while talking about police applicants.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Between a mixture of players moving on, injuries and lack of experience, the wide receiver room is looking thin heading into 2025.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If the new wells prove unsuitable for city use, the city has a contingency plan designed for rehabilitation.—
Kyle Martin,
The Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Until now, scientists have generally thought that planets orbiting white dwarfs would be unsuitable for life because the dynamic temperature decrease of their dead parent star makes their atmospheres too unstable.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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My question: Was there any way to have prevented this rude woman from stealing away all of my guests? GENTLE READER: Counter-questions: Did the boss and his wife drop the guests off before the emergency furniture move?—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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Really, any movie exceeding 100 minutes in this genre is just plain rude.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Bored of an increasingly insipid Premier League season?—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The framing, blocking, and overall visual grammar have a condescending air, as if directors have surrendered to some insipid idea of who their audience is.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Tasteless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tasteless. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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