Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or property of being tasteless, in any sense.
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- noun The quality, state, or characteristic of being
tasteless .
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- noun the property of having no flavor
- noun inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste
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Examples
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McC ... disappearance, in which tastelessness is piled on tastelessness daily.
Media Maxine 2009
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McC ... disappearance, in which tastelessness is piled on tastelessness daily.
October 2007 Maxine 2007
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In this respect I am a snob of Philistinism, proud of my taste in tastelessness: I would rather read Maxwell Grant or World-Wrecker Hamilton than James Joyce.
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The crass mixed messages these songs give out in combination is only the tip of this album's iceberg of tastelessness, which is frankly riding pretty low in the water.
The Line Of Best Fit 2008
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Most of the commentary has focused on allegations of a pattern of anti-Hillary sexism at MSNBC, the "tastelessness" of the comment, the supposed "thin-skin" of the Clintons, and other matters.
Jackson Katz: David Shuster, Chelsea Clinton and the Mainstreaming of Sexist Language 2008
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I found it hilarious that gamespot chose to take this game to task when it doesnt do so for any other game for "tastelessness" on real world
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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If the likes of Brent Bozell just changed the channel and stopped inadvertantly promoting a self-important douche like Seth MacFarlane by writing about "tastelessness", that show would go off the air based on the fact that it sucks.
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Fucking Fergie, whose tastelessness trumps her talent at every turn.
fourfour: 2009
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But when you start using these deaths as advertising for the book, then there is a insensitivity that verges on tastelessness going on.
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From the title onwards, this young five-piece set out their stall very clearly: what they offer is an hour of no-holds-barred high-energy stupidity, where tastelessness is the order of the day and the more childish a gag is, the better.
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