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distasteful

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈteɪstfəɫ/

adj

Etymology: From distaste + -ful or dis- + tasteful.

  1. Having a bad or foul taste.

    Near-synonym: unpalatable

    The food had very distasteful flavour.

  2. Unpleasant.

    Near-synonym: unpalatable

    Scrubbing the floors was a distasteful duty to perform.

  3. 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.