tasteless
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
1) Tasteless food has little or no flavour. tree →
2) Something tasteless is rude, unkind or not suitable, like a tasteless joke. tree →
3) Tasteless can describe clothes or decorations that look cheap or ugly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons on senses, water is described as tasteless, odourless and colourless. In cooking, unseasoned food can be tasteless. In kindness lessons, a tasteless joke hurts or upsets people and should be avoided. Phrases: «tasteless food», «a tasteless joke».
examples
- Pure water is colourless, odourless and tasteless. tree →
- The soup was tasteless, so we added salt. tree →
- When I had a cold, everything was tasteless. tree →
- Making fun of someone's illness is a tasteless joke. tree →
- The hospital food was a bit tasteless. tree →
- Some poisonous gases are tasteless and odourless, so we use alarms. tree →
- ‘No,’ he replied, ‘the dishes are carefully cooked and sent up, but they are all so dreadfully tasteless.’ tree →
note
Adjective: taste + -less (without). Opposite for food: «tasty»; opposite for behaviour: «tasteful». Trap: «distasteful» means unpleasant, close to the second sense. Carbon monoxide is tasteless and has no smell, which is why homes need detectors.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tasteless» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.