Atrocious
Atrocious adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.
Native and atrocious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Native" instead an adjective "Atrocious".
Nearby Words: atrocity, atrociously
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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While Lucy's is passable (though obviously accented to a native speaker), Uma's is atrocious and barely understandable.
Source: As Long as It Sounds Foreign -
Champions is generally fairly good about avoiding this (the odd atrocious-to-native-speakers foreign language codename slips through sometimes, such as the odd example in the European Enemies supplement for 4th edition, but that's not really this trope so much).
Source: Atrocious Alias -
No, it's not an Atrocious Alias - Native American legend speaks of a being known as the Rainbow Warrior, who will defend all life.
Source: Magical Native American
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