styleless

adjective

Definition of stylelessnext
as in inappropriate
marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste forced to wear a styleless uniform for her restaurant job, she loves to dress up on weekends

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for styleless
  1. inappropriate
  2. unsuitable
  3. unfashionable
  4. tasteless
  5. inelegant
  6. incorrect
  7. wrong
  8. tacky
Adjective
  • When the employee told Gonzalez the questions were inappropriate, Gonzalez took a drink of beer and intentionally spat it onto the worker's arm.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • According to the lawsuit, this arrangement is inappropriate because immigration detention is civil, not criminal.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of inappropriate
Adjective
  • Such temperatures can rapidly compromise frozen inventory and make affected products unsuitable for consumption.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Bears have said previously that they are focused on pursuing a $2 billion stadium across the state line in Hammond or in suburban Arlington Heights, and that the Rate Field site was unsuitable, citing in part its limited size.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of unsuitable
Adjective
  • Chemically straightened Afro hairstyles had gone from being the default to increasingly unfashionable.
    — Ata-owaji Victor, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The dressing room—with its old Persian rug and deeply unfashionable mahogany desk—is just wrong enough to be, well, cool.
    — Plum Sykes, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of unfashionable
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
  • Holzinger jumps into the tank, her movements inelegant and panicked, and pulls Nüganen out.
    — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • One of the more revealing patterns to emerge from the category is something known as zebra striping, a perhaps inelegant term, but a quick phrase to show the shift in highly intelligent consumer behaviour.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of inelegant
Adjective
  • During the 2022 midterm elections, independent observers from the Carter Center reported significant numbers of voters arriving at incorrect precincts, likely because of changes associated with redistricting.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • An earlier version of this story included an incorrect name and gender for the victim in the crash, based on information from the highway patrol.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of incorrect
Adjective
  • Delay hydrangea pruning because cutting at the wrong time can eliminate next season’s blooms.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 5 Nov. 2026
  • On Wednesday, as the indexes were soaring, Jim Cramer had been warning that Wall Street's first reaction to the midterm Democratic wave might be wrong.
    — Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of wrong
Adjective
  • Have Cocktails at a Holiday Pop-Up Bar Trot out your tackiest (ahem, most festive) Christmas sweater for a night out at one of the metro’s many seasonal pop-up bars.
    — Allison Yates, Midwest Living, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Knead in enough of the remaining bread flour to make a moderately soft and slightly tacky dough that is smooth and elastic (3 to 5 minutes total).
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of tacky
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“Styleless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/styleless. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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