in bad taste

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in bad taste

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  1. idiomatic Offensive or inappropriate (of an action, often of jokes). Jokes about someone’s physical appearance are in bad taste.

    Similar: in poor taste, distasteful

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prep_phrase inappropriate

Españolde mal gusto, de pésimo gusto, picudo
Françaisde mauvais goût
Deutschgeschmacklos
Italianodi cattivo gusto

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@misc{in_bad_taste_2026,
  title = {in bad taste},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20bad%20taste},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}