tastelessness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tastelessness
    n 1: the property of having no flavor [syn: {flavorlessness},
         {flavourlessness}, {savorlessness}, {savourlessness},
         {tastelessness}]
    2: inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste [ant:
       {tastefulness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tasteless \Taste"less\, a.
   1. Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.
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   2. Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a
      tasteless age. --Orrery.
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   3. Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless
      arrangement of drapery; a tasteless remark.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Taste"less*ly}, adv. --
      {Taste"less*ness}, n.
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