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Meaning of "tastelessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TASTELESSNESS

tastelessness  [ˈteɪstlɪsnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TASTELESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tastelessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TASTELESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tastelessness in the English dictionary

The first definition of tastelessness in the dictionary is lack of flavour; insipidness. Other definition of tastelessness is lack of social taste; inappropriateness and offensiveness. Tastelessness is also vulgarity and unattractiveness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TASTELESSNESS


aimlessness
ˈeɪmlɪsnɪs
artlessness
ˈɑːtlɪsnɪs
childlessness
ˈtʃaɪldlɪsnɪs
faithlessness
ˈfeɪθlɪsnɪs
fearlessness
ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs
fecklessness
ˈfɛklɪsnɪs
guiltlessness
ˈɡɪltlɪsnɪs
heartlessness
ˈhɑːtlɪsnɪs
homelessness
ˈhəʊmlɪsnɪs
lifelessness
ˈlaɪflɪsnɪs
nervelessness
ˈnɜːvlɪsnɪs
noiselessness
ˈnɔɪzlɪsnɪs
relentlessness
rɪˈlɛntlɪsnɪs
senselessness
ˈsɛnslɪsnɪs
shamelessness
ˈʃeɪmlɪsnɪs
shiftlessness
ˈʃɪftlɪsnɪs
spotlessness
ˈspɒtlɪsnɪs
tactlessness
ˈtæktlɪsnɪs
thriftlessness
ˈθrɪftlɪsnɪs
worthlessness
ˈwɜːθlɪsnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TASTELESSNESS

tasswage
Tassy
tastable
taste
taste bud
tasteable
tasteful
tastefully
tastefulness
tasteless
tastelessly
tastemaker
taster
tastevin
tastier
tastiest
tastily
tastiness
tasting
tasty

WORDS THAT END LIKE TASTELESSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of tastelessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tastelessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TASTELESSNESS

Find out the translation of tastelessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tastelessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tastelessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无味
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

insipidez
570 millions of speakers

English

tastelessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीरसता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التفاهة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безвкусица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tastelessness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tastelessness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

manque de saveur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rasa tidak enak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geschmacklosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tastelessness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tastelessness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tastelessness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô vị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tastelessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्ठा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zevksizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mancanza di gusto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brak smaku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

несмак
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sărbezeală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tastelessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tastelessness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tastelessness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

smakløshet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tastelessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TASTELESSNESS»

The term «tastelessness» is regularly used and occupies the 83.331 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TASTELESSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tastelessness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tastelessness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tastelessness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TASTELESSNESS»

Discover the use of tastelessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tastelessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blanche Knott's Treasury of Tastelessness
With offensiveness for all, Knott covers a wide spectrum of topics, including all ethnic groups, celebrities, and religions.
Blanche Knott, 1994
2
Mindfulness in the Modern World: How Do I Make Meditation ...
He had always been reading, “Discipline yourself to tastelessness”—and here was such tasteful, delicious food! Just the aroma, the flavor, was enough to make you feel hungry. The king said, “Sit down and eat—and remember your discipline  ...
Osho, 2014
3
Taste Chemistry
The weak taste of distilled water is associated with 'tastelessness', and most investigators concede that while distilled water is not completely tasteless, a taste panel can be trained to equate it with tastelessness (cf. Trout & Sharp, 1937).
R.S. Shallenberger, 1993
4
Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine: Diseases and their cures
The patient will also suffer from breaking pain in the joints and bones, cough, trembling of the limbs, restlessness, fatigue, dryness of lips, palate and tongue, thirst and tastelessness. In pittaja masurika, the vesicles will be reddish or yellowish, ...
Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao, 2005
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Latvian-English Dictionary
(oftrees) flat-topped bezgalvains adj headless bezgalvas indecl adj acephalous bezgalvis nm headless one bezgaļas indecl adj meatless bezgaršība nf tastelessness bezgaršīgums nm tastelessness bezgaumība nf tastelessness bezgaumīgi ...
‎2008
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Living Life Undaunted: 365 Readings and Reflections from ...
June. 14. Tastelessness. You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? MATTHEW 5:13 A television documentary on aging I once watched talked about the fact that asweget older, our ability to ...
Christine Caine, 2014
7
Into Another's Skin. Selected Essays in Honour of Maria ...
Does this mean that a taste for the sublime or the delicate and its counterpart, tastelessness, are not entirely opposites? When we consider that modern Spanish cuisiniers are cooking with dirt (in Preston) in order to preserve “the true taste of ...
8
Langenscheidt Routledge German Dictionary of Chemistry and ...
Geschmacksfreiheit f tastelessness, freedom from taste Geschmackskorrigens n ( pharm) taste improver Geschmackspriifung f test for taste Geschmacksschwelle[ nkonzentration] / ihyrti taste threshold, threshold of taste ...
Technische Universität Dresden, 1997
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Sophia Parnok: The Life and Work of Russia's Sappho
of art, that can never be in my poetry, is evidently in me somewhere and seeks embodiment, and so I look upon my life with a fastidious grimace the way a person with good taste looks upon other people's tastelessness. But the tastelessness is ...
Diana Lewis Burgin, 1994
10
Russia and Iran in the Great Game: Travelogues and Orientalism
Alexander Eliseev gives the following example of what he considers to be the “ tastelessness” of the Iranians: Luxury and tastelessness, splendor and dirt, precious works by the local artists and cheap European objects placed next to each ...
Elena Andreeva, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TASTELESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tastelessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tastelessness, Napkin-lessness, and Other Perils of Eating …
Tastelessness, Napkin-lessness, and Other Perils of Eating Barbecue at Starbucks. By Mike Vangel. Between Two Slices: Roli Roti's Porchetta. Dining SFoodie ... «SF Weekly, Jul 15»
2
Tasteless but true: Made in India Hitler ice-cream, café
Attaching the viral photos, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tweeted, “Height of tastelessness; Indian ice-cream named after Hitler. Would the Germans name a ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»
3
A Monument to Tastelessness
On a recent visit to New York City, I had the opportunity to walk around the exterior of the new Whitney Museum, built at a cost of $442 million. It is a monument of ... «City Journal, Apr 15»
4
The readers' editor on … when a joke in a comment thread goes …
The readers' editor on … when a joke in a comment thread goes beyond mere tastelessness. Chris Elliott. An anonymous reader posted on Times columnist ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
5
Wal-Mart Has Reached A New Level of Tastelessness With This …
Wal-Mart began the week by describing plus-size women's costumes as "fat girl costumes," and they've capped it off by selling something called a "Pashtun ... «Mic, Oct 14»
6
A New Low for Halloween Tastelessness: 'Sexy Ebola Nurse Outfit'
Sheesh, we don't which is more offensive. Well actually we do. It has to be this. Sorry Ray & Janay. This has to be the most awkward and arguably insensitive of ... «Eurweb.com, Oct 14»
7
Options on table to keep Riverwalk free of 'tasteless' signs
Emanuel has called the sign “tasteless.” Trump has defended it as “magnificent.” ... Not their "tastelessness." bkamin. at 2:24 PM September 09, 2014. «Chicago Tribune, Jun 14»
8
Caketastrophe as Kim and Kanye wed
THE world's greatest orgy of teeth and tastelessness came to a hysterical head last night when the American reality TV star Kim Kardashian finally took the ... «The Sunday Times, May 14»
9
Was This Episode of American Horror Story Racist? Or Radical?
Has American Horror Story Taken Its Tastelessness Too Far? By Willa Paskin. ahs_coven_9 Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe) on American Horror Story: Coven. «Slate Magazine, Dec 13»
10
Film Review: 'Diana'
September 6, 2013 | 12:47PM PT. This Princess Di biopic swerves past the pitfall of tastelessness only to risk a more perilous roadblock: dullness. Charles Gant. «Variety, Sep 13»

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