distastefulness

Example Sentences

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The extra-textual distastefulness of this interview was the only interesting thing about it.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2018

Or as White told me, "There was an outcry from people that wanted to do something positive — people wanted to counteract the distastefulness of consuming other people's tragedies for their own entertainment."

From The Verge • Dec. 19, 2014

“To silence a fringe messenger because of the distastefulness of the message,” the brief said, “is antithetical to the First Amendment’s most basic precepts.”

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2010

Many nudibranchs are brightly colored to advertise their distastefulness to potential predators. 

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2010

For by industry we mean steady persistence in a continuous employment in spite of monotony and distastefulness; an employment that is followed at the cost of present gratification for the sake of future benefit.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George