distasteful
adjective
dis·taste·ful
(ˌ)dis-ˈtāst-fəl 
1
a
: objectionable because offensive to one's personal taste : unpleasant, disagreeable
found the job distasteful
a shady, distasteful character
b
: objectionable because in poor taste, inappropriate, or unethical
a harmless stroking … but it seems oddly distasteful in retrospect—
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: unpleasant to the taste
distasteful unripe fruit
distastefulness
noun
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Examples of distasteful in a Sentence
The work was distasteful, but it was the best I could find at the time.
It was a distasteful subject to him.
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Second, the refusal to see how profoundly distasteful so much of modern liberalism has become to so much of America.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Some social media users found Elba's casting as Okonkwo distasteful, as his ethnic heritage excludes Nigerian descent, particularly Igbo descent.
—Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Squirrels find the rhizome roots distasteful and are deterred by the highly perfumed scent of the blooms.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
The transgressive tingle of such sentences has dulled a little over time; the contemporary reader may find their strident fetishism more than a touch distasteful.
—Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Some social media users found Elba's casting as Okonkwo distasteful, as his ethnic heritage excludes Nigerian descent, particularly Igbo descent.
—Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Squirrels find the rhizome roots distasteful and are deterred by the highly perfumed scent of the blooms.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
The transgressive tingle of such sentences has dulled a little over time; the contemporary reader may find their strident fetishism more than a touch distasteful.
—Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Distasteful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distasteful. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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distasteful
adjective
dis·taste·ful
dis-ˈtāst-fəl
: causing displeasure : unpleasant, disagreeable
distastefulness
noun
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