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distasteful
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
distasteful
(adjective)
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distasteful
/dɪs
ˈ
teɪstfəl/
adjective
distasteful
/dɪs
ˈ
teɪstfəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of DISTASTEFUL
[
more distasteful; most distasteful
]
1
:
not pleasant or enjoyable
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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2
:
morally offensive
distasteful
jokes/behavior
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— distastefully
adverb
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