how to pronounce distasteful

/dɪsˈtɛɪstfəl/

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distasteful is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of distasteful in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and i mean it is sort of distasteful to …”

meanings of distasteful

adjective:

Offensive.
Having a bad or foul taste.
Unpleasant.

distasteful frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word distasteful occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics distasteful can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that distasteful can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;