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  • 31tasteless — adj 1. unflavorful, flavorless, unfavored, savorless, vapid, insipid, Fr. fade. dead; flat, stale, unpalatable, unsavory, unappetizing; weak, thin, watery, watered down. 2. dull, uninteresting, jejune, commonplace, prosaic, run of the mill;… …

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  • 32every little helps — Cf. 1590 G. MEURIER Deviz Familiers A6 peu ayde, disçoit le formy, pissant en mer en plein midy, every little helps, said the ant, pissing into the sea at midday. 1602 P. GAWDY Letters (1906) 118 The wrenn sayde all helpte when she in the sea.… …

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