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TASTELESSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tastelessness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tastelessness"):
cheapness; sleaze; tackiness; tat (tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar)
brashness; flashiness; garishness; gaudiness; glitz; loudness; meretriciousness; tawdriness (tasteless showiness)
Antonym:
tastefulness (elegance indicated by good taste)
Derivation:
tasteless (lacking aesthetic or social taste)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of having no flavor
Synonyms:
flavorlessness; flavourlessness; savorlessness; savourlessness; tastelessness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tastelessness" is a kind of...):
unappetisingness; unappetizingness (the property of spoiling the appetite)
Derivation:
tasteless (lacking flavor)
