distasteful
adjective
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Pronunciation: /dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/
adj
Etymology: From distaste + -ful or dis- + tasteful.
- Having a bad or foul taste.
“Near-synonym: unpalatable”
“The food had very distasteful flavour.”
- Unpleasant.
“Near-synonym: unpalatable”
“Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform.”
- Offensive.
“distasteful language”
“AIDS is primarily a sexually transmitted disease and to not focus on the documented routes of transmission — however distasteful they may be to some legislators — is an ineffective and bigoted means of education by any standards.”