distasteful
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To those in Griffin’s milieu, or who aspire to be, the video was a distasteful and even dangerous broadside against the city’s wealthy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 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
McDonald’s was forced to pull down an AI-generated Christmas commercial from YouTube after some consumers said the AI-slop-filled tongue-in-cheek take on the holidays was distasteful.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
Any evidence to the contrary is dismissed as airy-fairy daydreaming or a distasteful fluke.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025
It was an odious, alien, distasteful name, that just did not inspire confidence.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Vocabulary lists containing distasteful
Power Suffix: -ful
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