"tasteless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈteɪstləs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-tasteless.wav [US] Forms: tasteless [positive], more tasteless [comparative], most tasteless [superlative]
Etymology: taste + -less Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|taste|less}} taste + -less Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is tasteless, it does not have any flavor; it is bland.
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  2. If someone is tasteless, they are not delicate or refined; they are unbecoming.
    Sense id: simple-tasteless-en-adj-OXZE~~w0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -less
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