bad taste

collocation in English

meaningsofbadandtaste

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bad
adjective
uk
/bæd/us
/bæd/
unpleasant and ...
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taste
noun
uk
/teɪst/us
/teɪst/
the flavour of something, or the ability of a person or animal to recognize ...
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(Definition ofbadandtastefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbad taste

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We are left with abadtastefrom either choice.
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Drinking water with abadtasteor smell tended to be associated with an elevated risk of infection.
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In early 1951, several projects had been already submitted for the government's consideration, but she considered them ofbadtaste.
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That was clearly inbadtaste.
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Is it done withbadtaste?
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That might be inbadtaste, too.
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I regard this asbadtaste.
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It was certainly in verybadtaste.
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Today'sbadtasteis tomorrow's orthodoxy.
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To us it smacks ofbadtaste.
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It was unfair and it was inbadtaste.
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Some response might help to take thatbadtasteaway.
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What has happened is in verybadtaste, anyway.
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Thebadtasteand the bad smell persist.
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The incident leaves abadtastein the mouth.
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People had thebadtasteto say so openly.
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This gives abadtasteto the whole thing.
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I ask this withoutbadtasteor anything.
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I fear that we started off inbadtaste.
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What they are doing is inbadtaste.
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The schedule leaves abadtastein the mouth.
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It became very popular in the early 1990s and is associated withbadtaste, kitsch, provincialism, and a lack of political consciousness.
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The typos are small but persistent and leave abadtasteof carelessness from the side of both author and press.
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Furthermore, an elevated risk of infection was found for drinking water with abadtasteor smell and contact with domestic animals and pets.
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In systems where there is strong social control, the display of strong emotions may be discouraged (being seen to be in 'badtaste', people feeling uncomfortable with them).
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