distasteful

Example Sentences

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This was particularly true of Berlin, a cosmopolitan city full of people who found the Nazis culturally distasteful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The frontman took umbrage at Jackson presenting himself as a messianic figure, protecting hundreds of children, calling the display "distasteful and crap".

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The State Bar hated the news conference, disciplining the duo for what they considered an act of unethical and distasteful advertising.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Any evidence to the contrary is dismissed as airy-fairy daydreaming or a distasteful fluke.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

People too firmly rooted to the center of their lives find such questions uncongenial at best, quite distasteful at worst.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos