bad breath

noun

: breath that smells unpleasant

He has bad breath.

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Tragedy would seem to be part of Juicy’s inheritance: His father killed a man for having bad breath; his uncle killed his father to marry his mother; and now his father’s ghost is demanding that Juicy avenge him. —Naveen Kumar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023

According to the National Institutes of Health, these effects include diarrhea, nausea, brittle or lost hair and nails, skin rashes, irritability, bad breath or taste in the mouth and nervous system malfunction. —Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2023

Apparently astronauts, like everybody else, want to guard against bad breath. —Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2023