Food scarcity: the timebomb setting nation against nation. As the UN and Oxfam warn of the dangers ahead, expert analyst Lester Brown says time to solve the problem is running out. Un-harvested corn stands south of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bad weather has resulted in a poor harvest this year.
Distaste(noun) aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Distaste(noun) discomfort; uneasiness. Distaste(noun) alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. Distaste(verb) not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike. Distaste(verb) to offend; to disgust; to displease.
See distaff defined for English-language learners. A distaff was originally a short staff that held a bundle of fibers - of flax or wool, for example - ready to be spun into yarn or thread. Since spinning was a basic daily task customarily done by women, the distaff came to be the symbol for the work or domain of women.