untasteful

adj

"untasteful" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“untasteful” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not tasteful.

Corpus desk

Index EN-untasteful · untasteful · English

untasteful · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for untasteful
PropertyValue
Headworduntasteful
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “untasteful” in English

untastefulsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

untasteful is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not tasteful.".

No misspelling variants are generated for untasteful in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + tasteful. The correct English form is untasteful, spelled U-N-T-A-S-T-E-F-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not tasteful.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how untasteful appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Yes, it was one of the leathern ladies that awakened such an extraordinary interest in the boy; for on its feet were the red morocco boots, bound and tied with light blue ribbon--very untasteful was the contrast--which he had made out of gratitude for the kindness shown him on the day in which he dropped the shoes in the gutter.

Etymology

From un- + tasteful.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "untasteful"?
"untasteful" is spelled U-N-T-A-S-T-E-F-U-L.
What does "untasteful" mean?
As an adjective, "untasteful" means: Not tasteful.
What is the origin of the word "untasteful"?
From un- + tasteful. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list