tasteless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for tasteless
Synonyms
coarse, common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, illiberal [archaic], incult, insensible, low, lowbred, lowbrow, raffish, rough, rough-hewn, roughneck, rude, rugged, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar
Antonyms
civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, refined, smooth, tasteful, ultrarefined, well-bred
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Frozen sushi, Marvin called it, fresh and cold, almost tasteless, with a note of steel from the knife blade. — Neil Shea, National Geographic, "A thawing Arctic is heating up a new Cold War," 21 Aug. 2019 Thus, a tasteless joke tweeted out by an obscure PR professional named Justine Sacco culminates in a national mob’s successfully demanding her dismissal. — Noah Rothman, National Review, "Kevin Williamson’s Revolt against the Hivemind," 25 July 2019 College students engaged in tasteless humor or displayed ignorance about history? — Robert Shibley, Washington Post, "Fresno State protected its professor who ranted about Barbara Bush. Other schools should stand by free speech, too.," 1 May 2018 The water was naturally cold and tasteless, in the best way possible. — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, "In Sweden, a DIY dining adventure," 26 July 2019 And don’t be misled by the photos of brownish-yellow water coming out of pipes in the famously lead-contaminated city of Flint, Michigan — lead in drinking water is generally colorless, tasteless and odorless. — Noah Smith, Twin Cities, "Noah Smith: Clean up lead before it wrecks more American lives," 21 July 2019 TtDoT's first playable build cannot in any way be misconstrued as a silly or tasteless interpretation of the earliest days of the Nazi regime. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "After 8Chan-gate, THQN unveils stirring anti-Nazi game set in 1930s Germany," 11 June 2019 But, unable to find the right director, Mr. Volpe turned again to Mr. Zeffirelli, who gave audiences an even more luridly tasteless take on the work. — New York Times, "Franco Zeffirelli Made Subtle, Striking Opera. Until He Exploded.," 17 June 2019 The idea of, say, George H. W. Bush or Ronald Reagan sporting beards is absurd; in their day, few Republican veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam viewed beards on the political class as anything more than tasteless hippie individualism. — Adrian Bonenberger, The New Republic, "The Sum of All Beards," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tasteless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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