flavorless

adjective

Definition of flavorlessnext
as in bland
lacking in taste or flavor a flavorless fruitcake that must have been given as a gift many times over

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Recent Examples of flavorless The clear, flavorless balm glides on effortlessly without feeling sticky or greasy and pulls double duty as an overnight mask. — Mariana Best, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026 Were the cookies too sweet, mostly flavorless, and five bucks a pop? — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Most grocery store loaves are dense, relatively flavorless and insanely priced. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026 The brand’s Baby & Kids Daily Probiotics & Prebiotics / Essential Vitamin D Plus is a flavorless powder for children from birth to age 6. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 June 2026 If a melon is harvested too early, you'll be left with hard, crunchy flesh that's bland or flavorless. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2026 For the most discerning mixologist, only pure, flavorless, slow-melting ice will do. — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Flash freezing also prevents those pesky ice crystals from forming and turning your berries into flavorless ice cubes. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 29 May 2026 Simply’s primary ingredient is gelatin, a colorless, flavorless substance derived from animal collagen. — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flavorless
  1. bland
  2. thin
  3. tasteless
  4. insipid
Adjective
  • But the end result has avoided the bland fate suffered by the recent Range Rover GT concept, for example.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Instead of sharing talking points or bland DNC messaging, the national party’s communications team decided to simply share clips and let the creators decide whether or how to use them.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of bland
Adjective
  • Humanoid learns factory Gallop’s initial assignment involves packing 15 different motherboard accessories, many of which are small, thin, and enclosed in transparent plastic bags.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026
  • If the acting races are thin, the director’s chair is nearly empty.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of thin
Adjective
  • Lungs whirred about the room in an electric wheelchair festooned in feather boas and Christmas lights, studiously avoiding serious questions about whether his conveyance was a tasteless prop or a medical necessity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Wood pulp papers have the most obvious flavor, while hemp sits somewhere in the middle, and rice is the most tasteless.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of tasteless
Adjective
  • In the meantime, there’s a lot of unwieldy comic commotion involving a missing corpse, a tweaking, naked Dwight and enough insipid TV sibling bickering to clog the airwaves for a decade.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Otherwise, the defence failed to defend, the midfield got overrun and the attack was so insipid that Wrexham managed just one shot on target — George Dobson’s 35th-minute effort that Konstantinos Mavropanos blocked just in front of the goal line.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of insipid

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“Flavorless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flavorless. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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