no-nonoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈnəʊ.nəʊ/us/ˈnoʊ.noʊ/informalsomething that is thought to be unsuitable or unacceptable:
Total nudity is still a definite no-no on most of Europe's beaches.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unsuitable and unacceptable
- amiss
- beneath your dignity idiom
- beyond
- beyond the pale idiom
- delegitimize
- grain
- improper
- inapt
- incorrect
- indecent
- ineligible
- infelicitous
- offend
- offend against sth
- raffish
- room
- square peg (in a round hole) idiom
- that will never do! idiom
- unfit
- vulgar
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