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distasteful

adjective

dis·​taste·​ful (ˌ)dis-ˈtāst-fəl How to pronounce distasteful (audio)
1
a
: objectionable because offensive to one's personal taste : unpleasant, disagreeable
found the job distasteful
a shady, distasteful character
b
: objectionable because in poor taste, inappropriate, or unethical
a harmless stroking … but it seems oddly distasteful in retrospect Richard Sandza et al.
2
: unpleasant to the taste
distasteful unripe fruit
distastefully adverb
distastefulness noun

Example Sentences

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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Word History

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of distasteful was in 1607

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