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distasteful

[dis-tayst-fuhl] / dɪsˈteɪst fəl /


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Disclosure spawned another distasteful practice—showrooming, in which people would spend hours in a store grilling a sales clerk and test-driving computers or appliances, then buy online elsewhere for less.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

This was particularly true of Berlin, a cosmopolitan city full of people who found the Nazis culturally distasteful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

The frontman took umbrage at Jackson presenting himself as a messianic figure, protecting hundreds of children, calling the display "distasteful and crap".

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

And when Hollywood trades posted on social media that the award for best original score was announced during a commercial break, the Globes felt all the more distasteful.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026

To Rain, financial matters were a distasteful but necessary private function, like going to the bathroom.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman




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