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
