distasteful
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One X user from Toronto called it a "a slap in the face of this country. Distasteful doesn't begin to cover it".
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
Distasteful as it may seem, we do still have competition among summer hits, and Billboard’s stalwart Hot 100 still dutifully charts our top earworms every week.
From Slate • Jun. 12, 2020
Distasteful as it might sound, Washington faces the prospect of trying to work out some negotiated larger territorial settlement.
From Newsweek • Feb. 28, 2015
Distasteful Oscar campaigning tactics aside, the film earned another $4.88 million this weekend, bringing the Benedict Cumberbatch true-life thriller to $74.74m domestic.
From Forbes • Feb. 8, 2015
Distasteful as his behavior was, we had seen it all before, only in less concentrated and vitriolic form.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing distasteful
Power Suffix: -ful
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