also: ぼっしゅみ
tastelessness; lack of taste; vulgarity
Formal or literary term describing a person, behavior, or thing that lacks refinement or aesthetic sense. Often used in critical or disapproving contexts.
His clothes are said to be tasteless.
That gaudy decoration is utterly lacking in taste.
Standard kanji spelling. The reading ぼっしゅみ is a common geminated variant.
Geminated reading variant, often heard in natural speech.
Compound of 没 (ぼつ, 'without, lacking') and 趣味 (しゅみ, 'taste, refinement'). The geminated reading ぼっしゅみ arises from natural assimilation in speech.