saltlessadj.
/ˈsɒltləs/, /ˈsɔːltləs/, U.S. /ˈsɔltləs/, /ˈsɑltləs/ 1. Without salt; unsalted.
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the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [adjective] > fresh or not preserved
fresheOE
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callerc1480
insulsed1598
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > [adjective] > salted > not
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unsalt1435
unpowdered1440
unsaltedc1440
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lxxiv. 1333 Saltles chese is most norisshynge and moisteþ þe body.
1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) ii. v. 68 He that hath beheld what quantity of lead the test of saltlesse ashes will imbibe.
1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 414 [He] took the Earth to be quite Saltlesse.
1823 Ld. Byron Island iii. iii. 50 Its bounding chrystal..gushed from cleft to crag with saltless spray.
1863 W. L. Bevan in W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1096/2 It was the belief of the Jews that salt would, by exposure to the air.., become saltless.
1905 Punch 25 Oct. 290/1 It is the landsman's lusty throat That rends to-day a saltless air.
2. figurative. Lacking piquancy, poignancy, interest, or liveliness; insipid, ‘flat’.
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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
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 8) 675 A heavy and salt-lesse oration is insufferable to a quicke hearer.
a1658 J. Cleveland Against Ale in Wks. (1687) 305 Saltless and galless be thy Curse.
1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iii. 73 It promises to afford a slight pungency of flavour to my tasteless life in this saltless wilderness.
1885 D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold III. 219 The days went by, saltless, lifeless.
Derivatives
ˈsaltlessness n.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > salt > [noun] > state of being unsalted
saltlessness1682
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > blandness or insipidity
flashinessa1603
frigidity1642
insipidness1711
insipidity1715
vapidity1721
vapidness1727
corporateness1755
vapidism1831
milk-and-wateriness1834
saltlessness1867
1682 R. Boyle in R. Fitzgerald Salt-Water Sweetened 16 The main thing of all that convinced me of the Saltlessness of the Water I speak of.
1867 Queen Victoria Let. 13 Feb. in Your Dear Letter (1971) 121 There is great bitterness in the constant depression..and total saltlessness of my life.
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