What's the difference between tasteless and unbecoming?

Tasteless


Definition:

  • (a.) Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.
  • (a.) Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a tasteless age.
  • (a.) Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In this paper, the sweetness receptor is refined with use of the shapes of 3-anilino-2-styryl-3H-naphtho[1,2-d]imidazolesulfonate (sweet) and of 3-anilino-2-phenyl-3H-naphtho[1,2-d]imidazolesulfonate (tasteless), two large and almost completely rigid tastants.
  • (2) Not all the jokes land, and some of the tastelessness may inspire groans.
  • (3) Birds, such as quail and chickens, that eat relatively tasteless food rely more on color than on flavor cues when forming learned food aversions.
  • (4) Tasteless imagery like this is the play's currency; it forces us, according to its co-director, Ultz, "to go to some dirty, ugly places.
  • (5) The website shows the rooms are dingy and tasteless: turquoise carpets, small windows, chintz bedspreads.
  • (6) It’s easy to miss something that’s invisible, silent, odourless and tasteless.
  • (7) It is important to note that this series of tripeptides (analogous to the previously reported dipeptides) goes from sweet to bitter to tasteless as the ring size of the C-terminal amino acid increases.
  • (8) The St Louis Police Officers Association claimed that officers found the actions of Tavon Austin, Stedman Bailey, Kenny Britt, Jared Cook, Chris Givens and Tre Mason to be “tasteless, offensive and inflammatory”, and demanded that they be disciplined.
  • (9) The efficacy of a virtually tasteless glucose polymer in testing carbohydrate tolerance in pregnancy was determined.
  • (10) Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless, tasteless and non-irritating gas and may therefore be inhaled in large quantities by the victim without his realizing it.
  • (11) It would be imprudent to discuss them with rivals, and tasteless to admit their existence in polite company.
  • (12) The subjects were not informed about the composition of the NPM, which they rated as tasteless and unappetizing.
  • (13) A hairless mons pubis simply does not accessorise well with one's kale, cucumber and pear juice, you see, and kale juice is just so terribly, terribly NOW, you know, what with it being tasteless, sugar-free and overpriced.
  • (14) Her address ranged from the hilarious to the edgy, leading to days of controversy, but sparked by the tasteless digs she made at right-wing pundit Rush Limbaugh, not the fact that she is a lesbian or black.
  • (15) Island Records have not decided anything yet concerning any kind of recorded memorial (for example a “Best of” which could utilize the four recently recorded tracks) and, sure, it might be cited as a tasteless gesture – but Nick Drake’s music should be heard by more people.
  • (16) The oral solution was tasteless and had no, or minimal, side effects.
  • (17) The room is crammed with memorabilia – a programme from 1967 when QPR won the League Cup and a picture of footballing hero Rodney Marsh, any number of Beatles trinkets (mainly from the Revolver album), a ferocious metal bell presented by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, a Margaret Thatcher nut cracker ("It strikes me as pretty tasteless.
  • (18) There's a bit on the pulpy flamboyance of Italy's giallo thrillers, a segment on Argento's peerlessly tasteless memorabilia shop ("Is that a torso?")
  • (19) It’s a gelatinous texture that we are not used to,” admits Gonzalez, adding that while the membrane is tasteless some people who have tested it preferred not to eat it.
  • (20) Barber said the T-shirts were "tasteless and totally inappropriate".

Unbecoming


Definition:

  • (a.) Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This in turn prompted US commentators to accuse India of oversensitivity and behaviour unbecoming of an aspirant future power.
  • (2) Rodgers had claimed Sterling’s behaviour was unbecoming of a professional sportsperson after footage emerged of the player appearing to pass out having allegedly taken the legal high known as laughing gas at his home near Southport.
  • (3) Wasn’t it unbecoming of the man dubbed the new Terrence Malick to direct scenes with genial tokers discussing pioneering methods of joint construction , or hookah-puffing sex-pest wizards ?
  • (4) This in turn prompted US commentators to accuse India of over-sensitivity and behaviour unbecoming of an aspirant future power.
  • (5) Once a thorn in the side of modern toffdom – the string of minor convictions, the stints in rehab, the unbecoming leisurewear, the infamous legal spat with Daddy – Jamie is now, at 56, a reformed, drug-free and endearingly blustery galumpher with Wurzelian hair and skin the colour of raw mince.
  • (6) And, 'tis true, that you don't need to look long for evidence online of behaviour unbecoming gentle men and women.
  • (7) The Australian’s on court demeanor has attracted praise and opprobrium in equal measure, split between those who think the game needs more characters and those who find his behaviour unbecoming.
  • (8) Alex Padilla, California’s secretary of state, said they were “unbecoming” for a president-elect and seemed to show that Trump was rankled by losing the popular vote.
  • (9) In politicians, it might be unbecoming to live a life of gross opulence, but showbiz is different.
  • (10) It's unbecoming of a great nation like Egypt , it's unbecoming of any civil society to behave like this," his father Juris Greste said.
  • (11) You wouldn’t immediately know it to look at him: although he knows more about men’s clothes than any other novelist I’ve ever met, he seems to feel that at his stage of life it would be unbecoming to draw too much attention to his appearance.
  • (12) Mark Butler, Labor’s environment spokesman, said Hunt’s criticism of Grimes was “unbecoming of an elected representative”.
  • (13) 11.12am: An email, from Andy Nicol: Pivoting off your discussion of Oscar Tabarez and tainted World Cup achievements, I wonder if we might consider the Suarez incident and its reception in Uruguay as just the latest in a rather unbecoming attitude towards their place in world football?
  • (14) Foreigners “flopping” was a debate in the US, whose national side, led by anti-diving campaigner Jürgen Klinsmann, don’t stoop that low: USA Today called it “unbecoming”; The Washington Post ran a guide: “So you think you can flop?”; The Wall Street Journal called it “soccer’s oldest and most despised tactic” and listed “average writhing times”.
  • (15) Cameron’s language also drew criticism from backbench Labour MPs, including Chuka Umunna , the former shadow business secretary, who said it was inflammatory and unbecoming of the prime minister’s office, and Mary Creagh, a former Labour leadership hopeful, who said it was “dehumanising language”.
  • (16) Americans don't prefer male bosses because men carry some sort of boss-gene on their Y chromosome; Americans prefer male bosses because male authority is respected while female authority is unbecoming, and because the expectations are set so high for women in power that it's nearly impossible for any mere mortal to meet them.
  • (17) "This kind of behaviour is unbecoming of a party that functions in an open democratic stage and especially one which leads the national government."
  • (18) Yet he describes Goldsmith’s tactics as “unbecoming of anyone wanting to lead a city like London that is so successfully multiethnic and multiracial”.
  • (19) He has also been disciplined by the Law Society for "conduct unbecoming ."
  • (20) Pacific leaders respond to Australian minister's sea level remarks Read more Noting that a meeting in Canberra was running a bit late, Dutton quipped it was running to “Cape York time”, to which Abbott replied: “We had a bit of that up in Port Moresby.” Dutton then said: “Time doesn’t mean anything when you’re about to have water lapping at your door.” The president of Kiribati has since called the joke “vulgar” and “quite unbecoming of leadership”.