TASTELESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tastelessness mean? 

• TASTELESSNESS (noun)
  The noun TASTELESSNESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of having no flavor

2. inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste

  Familiarity information: TASTELESSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TASTELESSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of having no flavor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

flavorlessness; flavourlessness; savorlessness; savourlessness; tastelessness

Hypernyms ("tastelessness" is a kind of...):

unappetisingness; unappetizingness (the property of spoiling the appetite)

Derivation:

tasteless (lacking flavor)

Sense 2

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)