10 example sentences using taboo.
Taboo used in a sentence
Taboo in a sentence as a noun
Let's not make this taboo merely for the sake of falling foul of some internet meme.
It used to be taboo, but it's acceptable to get into debt these days and worse yet, walk away from it.
Fighting the society to build a start up like this, with this kind of taboo attached to the product?
Not writing tests is not the only software taboo that I break when I write PHP: I happily mix up presentation and logic all the time.
Taboo in a sentence as a verb
I don't know, that seems like a tautology - the only reason it can be weaponized against your enemies is because it's taboo.
But it's worthwhile to see that it sometimes can't be the only priority and to understand how the salary taboo fits into this.
It's very honest, very unapologetic, and once you get over the taboo of the stare, very disarming.
Until we address that taboo, we are unlikely to find an honest answer as to whether having children really is a source of fulfilment.
Taboo in a sentence as an adjective
As soon as some subject becomes taboo to discuss people lose the understanding why something is bad and start to treat everything related as bad and unacceptable.
In a country as large and complex as India, this is probably easier than finding 5,000 marketing campaigns to try to reach many small pockets of demand regarding a taboo subject.
Taboo definitions
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
See also: tabu
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
See also: tabu
declare as sacred and forbidden
excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
See also: forbidden prohibited proscribed tabu verboten
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
See also: tabu