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in bad taste

in bad taste prepositional phrase: offensive or inappropriate (of an action, often of jokes).

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Offensive or inappropriate (of an action, often of jokes).
    • Jokes about someone’s physical appearance are in bad taste.
    • While some envied not finding their own Rolls-Royce like his under the tree, and instead smiled as they opened a pair of socks or new pajamas, others saw it as an ostentation in bad taste.2022 December 28, Marta Rodríguez Peleteiro, “Georgina criticised for “almost pornographic” gift to Cristiano Ronaldo”, in AS USA

Synonyms of in bad taste

Questions about in bad taste

What does in bad taste mean?
In bad taste means offensive or inappropriate (of an action, often of jokes).
What part of speech is in bad taste?
In bad taste is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in bad taste in the dictionary

  1. in bad odor
  2. in bad odour
  3. in bad part
  4. in bad repair
  5. in bad shape
  6. in bad taste
  7. in ballast
  8. in ballast condition
  9. in banc
  10. in battery
  11. in baulk

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