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tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste |
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tasteful having or showing or conforming to good taste
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inelegant lacking in refinement or grace or good taste
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pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
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perceptiveness,
appreciation,
discernment,
taste the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding
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barbaric unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or ornament"
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gimcrack,
flash,
garish,
tawdry,
tatty,
tacky,
trashy,
gaudy,
flashy,
loud,
meretricious,
brassy,
cheap (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
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brummagem cheap and showy; "a cheap Brummagem imitation"
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camp,
campy providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"
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off-colour,
off-color,
indelicate verging on the indecent; "an indelicate proposition"
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ostentatious,
pretentious intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
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tasteless - lacking flavor |
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tasty pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
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unappetising,
unappetizing not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste
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unpalatable not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind; "an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
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taste property a property appreciated via the sense of taste
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flavorless,
flavourless,
savorless,
savourless,
insipid,
vapid,
bland,
flat lacking interest or significance or impact; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"
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nonflavored,
nonflavoured,
unflavored,
unflavoured without flavoring added
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unsalted,
unseasoned without salt or seasoning
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