cattivo gusto

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “bad taste”.

Noun

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...”)