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untasty

untasty

4.9
Food or a dish that is not pleasant to eat because it has little taste
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈteɪsti/
translation icon : insípido
  • He warned us that the coffee would be untasty without enough sugar.

Examples

  • You do know how our beloved king hates untasty mistakes.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I thought there'd be a huge resurgence during COVID of a very untasty wafer.

  • When they're upset, they make mistakes—untasty mistakes.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The soup was so untasty that I couldn't finish it.

  • After trying the new recipe, everyone agreed the cake was untasty and overcooked.

Synonyms

bland
vsuntasty
23 2.0

Food that has a very weak taste and little or no strong flavor

describes something lacking pleasant flavor rather than merely mildness
yucky
vsuntasty
  • Informal
22 6.8

Not pleasant to taste or smell

expresses mild lack of pleasantness rather than strong disgust
insipid
vsuntasty
17 7.3

Having little taste and being boring

points to not pleasant taste but can also mean boring
tasteless
vsuntasty
11 2.6

Having little or no flavor when you eat it

is described by being not pleasant in taste rather than absent
unpalatable
vsuntasty
9 7.4

Tastes bad or is hard to accept

refers to not pleasant flavor but may include metaphorical rejection
flavorless
vsuntasty
  • US
4 3.5

Food that has little or no taste and seems bland

is not pleasant in flavor but may still have some taste
unappetizing
vsuntasty
4 4.8

Not looking, smelling, or tasting good so you do not want to eat it

is limited to taste, not appearance or smell
unsavory
vsuntasty
  • US
1 6.5

Something that smells or tastes bad

is about lacking pleasant taste rather than having an unpleasant smell
undelicious
vsuntasty
1 5.5

Not pleasant to taste, smell, or touch

is about clear bad taste rather than a mild lack of flavor
unpleasing
vsuntasty
1 4.8

Unpleasant to the senses, like a bitter taste or bright light

is specifically about bad flavor rather than general displeasure
savorless
vsuntasty
  • US
7.5

Having very little taste

is about being unpleasant rather than having zero flavor
vapid
vsuntasty
8.2

Food or drink that has little taste

covers lack of pleasant flavor but focuses less on food

Antonyms

419 1.0

Very pleasant to taste

175 1.0

Food or drink with a pleasant flavor that people enjoy

18 2.3

Having a strong, pleasant taste

How Tasty

delicious
419 1.0
tasty
175 1.0
bland
23 2.0
tasteless
11 2.6
untasty
4.9

Surface Forms

untasty positive

Morphology

untasty = tasty (transparent) = un + tasty

The meaning is a straightforward negation of 'tasty' using the productive prefix 'un-'.

Etymology

The word untasty breaks into un- meaning 'not' and tasty from taste, which means 'flavor'. So untasty simply means 'not pleasant in flavor'.