など — does this ever sound rude, like you're being dismissive of what you list?

Question

野菜など食べたくない. I've heard など can sometimes carry a slightly belittling nuance ('vegetables and such, don't want them') rather than a neutral 'such as'. Is that a real usage or am I inventing a nuance that isn't there?

Accepted Answer

You're not inventing it — など genuinely can pick up a dismissive/belittling tone depending on what follows, especially with negative verbs like 食べたくない, 好きじゃない, できない. 野菜など食べたくない reads closer to 'I don't want [lowly] vegetables or anything like that' than a neutral list. The base function is still 'non-exhaustive example', but the negative-belittling flavor is a well-known secondary nuance, not a separate grammar point.