"in bad taste" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in bad taste, {{en-PP}} in bad taste
  1. (idiomatic) offensive or inappropriate (of an action, often of jokes) Tags: idiomatic Coordinate_terms: in poor taste Translations (inappropriate): de mauvais goût (French), geschmacklos (German), di cattivo gusto (Italian)
    Sense id: en-in_bad_taste-en-prep_phrase-D7Fm5CA0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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