cattivo gusto

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, “bad taste”.

Noun

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cattivo gusto m (plural cattivi gusti)

  1. lack of delicacy or aesthetic sensitivity; bad taste
    • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 26, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
      Nella West Wing, i birthers erano trattati come una barzelletta di cattivo gusto...
      In the West Wing, birtherism was treated like a bad joke...
      (literally, “In the West Wing, the birthers were treated like a joke in bad taste...”)
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