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semitasteful

semitasteful adjective: somewhat tasteful; having only a certain amount of taste.

Adjective

semitasteful (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Somewhat tasteful; having only a certain amount of taste.
    • The phenomenon has been a boon to the near-anonymous painting factories crowded together in the suburbs of Shenzhen, China, famous for cranking out copies of masterpieces, along with landscapes and semitasteful nudes.2009 May 31, Randy Kennedy, “Obama’s Face (That’s Him?) Rules the Web”, in New York Times

Origin of semitasteful

From semi- + tasteful.

Questions about semitasteful

What does semitasteful mean?
Semitasteful means somewhat tasteful; having only a certain amount of taste.
What part of speech is semitasteful?
Semitasteful is an adjective.

Words near semitasteful in the dictionary

  1. semitangents
  2. semitar
  3. semitarian
  4. semitarians
  5. semitars
  6. semitasteful
  7. semitatsama
  8. semitatsamas
  9. semitauonic
  10. semitaur
  11. semitaurs

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