There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking
(adjective) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; “scandalous behavior”; “the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt”- Thackeray; “the most shocking book of its time”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scandalous (comparative more scandalous, superlative most scandalous)
wrong, immoral, causing a scandal
malicious, defamatory.
Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits.
Source: Wiktionary
Scan"dal*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. scandaleux.]
1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation. Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. Hooker.
2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.
3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.