flavourlessflavorlessadj.
/ˈfleɪvələs/, U.S. /ˈfleɪvərləs/ a. Without flavour.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective]
wallowc897
smatchless?c1225
unsavoury?c1225
fresha1398
savourlessa1398
wearish1398
wershed1398
fond?c1430
unsavoured1435
palled1440
mildc1450
walsh1513
wallowish1548
dead1552
waterish1566
cold1585
flatten1594
seasonless1595
wersha1599
blown1600
flash1601
fatuous1608
tasteless1611
flat1617
insipid1620
ingustable1623
flashy1625
flatted1626
saltless1633
gustless1636
remiss1655
rheumatical1655
untasteable1656
vapid1656
exolete1657
distasted1662
vappous1673
insulse1676
toothless1679
mawkisha1697
intastable1701
waugh1703
impoignant1733
flavourless1736
instimulating1740
deadish1742
mawky1755
brineless1791
wishy-washy1791
keestless1802
shilpit1814
wish-washy1814
sapidless1821
silent1826
slushy1839
bland1878
spendsavour1879
wish-wash1896
dolled1917
spiceless1980
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Flavourless, not having any flavour or scent.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. viii. 264 [He] sat disconsolately down to the..flavourless soup.
1883 Cent. Mag. 26 813 Being flavorless in comparison with those grown in Europe.
b. figurative (cf. flavour n. 3).
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1861 J. G. Holland Lessons in Life iii. 45 A life..by the side of which the life of childhood is as flavorless..as that of a fly.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 4th Ser. 184 To the many they seem flavourless and colourless.
Derivatives
ˈflavourlessness n. the state or condition of being without flavour; in quot figurative.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [noun]
mediocrity1588
indifferency1608
indifference1690
indifferentness1727
betweenity1760
commonness1779
passableness1779
flavourlessness1865
middlingness1866
normalcy1893
passable1908
1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Sept. 3/1 Something of flavourlessness..must mark a man who can represent a composite public opinion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1736