in (very) bad/poor taste

idiom

: rude or insulting : offensive
I think the joke he told was in (very) bad/poor taste.

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Whatever the motive, some of the former press secretary’s cohorts in the Biden White House find her decision to turn on the administration in poor taste. Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 June 2025 Others suggested that any joke made by the leader about the upcoming season was delivered in poor taste, offending agency staff already suffering from low morale amid a flurry of resignations, firings, leadership overhauls and polygraph tests distributed to staffers. Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 2 June 2025 Not everyone was celebrating, as past comments made by Leo XIV regarding the LGBT community were viewed by many as in poor taste. Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 What To Know Posting on X, formerly , some users recreated key events in U.S. history using the generator that may be considered as being in poor taste. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in (very) bad/poor taste

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“In (very) bad/poor taste.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20%28very%29%20bad%2Fpoor%20taste. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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