turnoff

noun [C] (OFFENSE)

/ˈtɜrnˌɔf/

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› speech, behavior, or some other thing that causes you to lose interest: Younger readers find the newspaper’s traditional format a turnoff.

(Definition of turnoff noun (OFFENSE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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