Barry Unsworth

As I wrote I began to see more strongly that there were inescapable analogies. You couldn't really live through the '80s without feeling how crass and distasteful some of the economic doctrines were. The slave trade is a perfect model for that kind of total devotion to the profit motive without reckoning the human consequences.

British Writer

James Gray

As ugly an admission as this is, I met my wife at a party, and if I had been to the same party and she were dressed in different clothes, I might never have talked to her. She might have projected something that I found distasteful, even if she otherwise looked exactly the same - a beautiful woman to me.

American Director

David Baszucki

Above all else, everyone at Roblox is committed to member safety. We take every precaution possible to make sure kids are protected from inappropriate and offensive individuals as well as from indecent and distasteful content.

American Inventor

Noreena Hertz

Child labour may be distasteful to westerners, but does boycotting goods made with child labour improve or exacerbate the lot of third world children? Trusting the market to regulate may not ultimately be in our interest.

English Author

Eric Burdon

You have to be very careful how you insert new stuff, 'cause people want to hear the old stuff. It's like cooking, you know? You can't put too many peppers into the eggs... otherwise it's going to be distasteful.

British Musician

Peter Singer

The price we are willing to pay for safety cannot be infinite. It is distasteful to put a price on human life, but the more we spend on safety, the less we will have for our other goals.

Australian Philosopher

Wilfred Owen

All theological lore is growing distasteful to me. All my recent excursions into such fields proves it to be a shifting, hypothetical, doubt-fostering, dusty, and unprofitable study.

English Soldier

Tim Gunn

I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.

American Designer

Jason Whitlock

You can be authentic without being distasteful or disrespectful.

American Journalist

Jeff Tweedy

I always found the concept of a tortured artist distasteful.

American Musician

Use 'distasteful' for things that upset your physical senses, especially taste and smell.

Sensory Displeasure

'Distasteful' can metaphorically describe something that 'leaves a bad taste' emotionally or intellectually, not literally.

Metaphoric Usage

'Distasteful' is milder than 'disgusting' or 'revolting' but more serious than 'unpleasant'.

Intensity Matters

Use 'distasteful' when referring to actions or words that do not align with ethical or social norms.

Moral Judgment

'Distasteful' often considers cultural context, what is acceptable varies between cultures.

Cultural Sensitivity

'Distasteful' allows you to express disapproval without being too harsh, it's less intense than 'abhorrent'.

Soft Criticism

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