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as in crass
lacking in refinement or good taste
posted a completely tasteless comment that drew immediate rebuke
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as in bland
lacking in taste or flavor
breakfast was usually plain, tasteless oatmeal
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as in inappropriate
marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste
a tasteless suit that he wore to the party as a joke
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Recent Examples of tasteless
Who is Tony Hinchcliffe? Hinchcliffe, raised in Youngstown, Ohio, is a stand-up comedian who specializes in the roast style, in which comedians take the podium to needle a celebrity victim with personal and often tasteless jokes.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
Companies like Ripple, Sprinkle, and Ebb are making increasingly tasteless and odorless powders with relatively fast activation times.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Plenty of people would call it gaudy and outré, an immature demand for attention or a tasteless attempt to secure superficial status.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 9 Sep. 2024
Carbon monoxide is odorless, tasteless and can cause death when inhaled.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
Companies like Ripple, Sprinkle, and Ebb are making increasingly tasteless and odorless powders with relatively fast activation times.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Plenty of people would call it gaudy and outré, an immature demand for attention or a tasteless attempt to secure superficial status.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 9 Sep. 2024
Carbon monoxide is odorless, tasteless and can cause death when inhaled.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
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Crass Words Any crass or overt mention of bodily functions, particularly those involved with reproduction—human, animal, or botanical.Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
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In 2013, Pearson’s state exams featured crass, commercial product placements as well as reading passages lifted from Pearson textbooks.Kemala Karmen, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Nestled into a joke about how SNL is too boring if the rumor is true that everyone is on cocaine, Fleming hones in on Jost’s particular brand of bland mundanity.Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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The fingers are a little bland, but that’s what the Cane’s sauce is for.Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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The accusations include inappropriate touching and forcibly kissing an intern.Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
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This, of course, does not excuse inappropriate behavior toward customers.Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Deadpool & Wolverine was far more graphic and vulgar than previous Marvel Studios projects — but one of its especially dirty lines didn't make the cut.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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With Election Day on the horizon, Elon Musk is leaning into violent and vulgar rhetoric.Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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But at the heart, the Whiteout V2 is still a player’s stick, with a 98-square-inch head and thinner beam for players with faster swing speeds.Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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The major indexes were each down about 1% Monday on thin trading.Sara Salinas, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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Hanff for years found herself up against eccentric producers, lousy office jobs, laughably unsuitable housing, and staggering creative frustration before finally finding some crumbs of success working as a screenwriter for early television.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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The city constructed the dormitories at Floyd Bennett Field despite protests and criticism that the location was unsuitable and isolated.Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recently, Amy's sister, Tammy Slaton, faced criticism for being rude to her in a November episode of 1,000-lb.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Eye contact, valued in some cultures as a sign of openness and candor, might be seen as rude or intrusive elsewhere.Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D., Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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At the far extreme, there is the insipid libertarianism of Ron Paul, the former Texas representative, who has claimed that Marine detachments guarding U.S. embassies count as examples of military overstretch.Bret Stephens, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2013
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The blandly positive lyrics seemed even more insipid amid all the bedroom jams.Eric Webb, Austin American-Statesman, 1 June 2024
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“Tasteless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tasteless. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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