as in unpalatable
disagreeable or disgusting to the sense of taste
the array of unappetizing foods that we encountered at that cheap roadside restaurant
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Recent Examples of unappetizing
Will the members of that unappetizing quartet turn out to be harbingers of Conquest, War, Famine, and Death?
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airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025
Higher concentrations tend to make the water gloopy and unappetizing.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Few projects sound quite as unappetizing as cleaning out the attic.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
But in the end, Swept Away was blown away by something else: Middling ticket sales, a story that may have been unappetizing to some, a song catalog unfamiliar to the tourists who make up a large chunk of Broadway’s audience, and perhaps a bit of bad timing in terms of the national mood.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unappetizing
airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025
Higher concentrations tend to make the water gloopy and unappetizing.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Few projects sound quite as unappetizing as cleaning out the attic.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
But in the end, Swept Away was blown away by something else: Middling ticket sales, a story that may have been unappetizing to some, a song catalog unfamiliar to the tourists who make up a large chunk of Broadway’s audience, and perhaps a bit of bad timing in terms of the national mood.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappetizing
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This is in line with Putin’s call for the talks to pick up where the meeting in 2022 stopped – an option that would be unpalatable to the Ukrainians since the demands Russia was making back then would amount to a capitulation by Kyiv.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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The leveraged buyout, the eye-watering interest rates, the hundreds of millions of pounds of debt may have been unpalatable to many, including numerous financiers, but the Glazer family, helmed by father Malcolm, was lasered on a capitalist course that culminated 20 years ago this week.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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There’s nothing wrong with the latter, but there is something distasteful about pursuing it under the guise of being a nonprofit organization.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2025
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His style was distasteful and inappropriate, to be sure, but the choice to protect a teammate who is so routinely mocked by fans and opposing players alike (see below) was noticed and appreciated within the Timberwolves’ locker room.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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There’s no doubt that Lewis, abandoned as a baby by his parents, has done some horrible stuff.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 2025
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What happened to Simone as a child is horrible, and in her brain, she is therefore absolved of having anything to do with her father.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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Glorifying motherhood, meanwhile, in practical terms, may only make mothers’ daily lives worse.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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If sinister twists or Roy-style bad dads do it for you, hang on past the hour mark.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 May 2025
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The dinner, critics argued, compounded that risk by making the unsavory arrangement explicit: a large investment in return for an encounter with Trump.—
Joel Khalili,
Wired News,
23 May 2025
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In the end, modern pressures, such as the cost of transporting horses, an unsavory incident at the Tokyo Olympics where a coach allegedly punched a horse, and the need to draw a wider TV audience combined to force UPIM’s hand.—
Blythe Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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The downsides are that DEET smells awful, is oily, and can damage anything with plastic in it, like synthetic clothing and camping gear.—
Kristin Canning,
Wired News,
21 May 2025
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But Eleanor has backed herself into an awful corner, and in some ways, so too has Johansson’s film, which is stuck trying to impart sage wisdom through the lens of a truly hideous (if well-meaning) lie.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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Photograph: Oregon State University A new species of bacteria that functions like electrical wiring has recently been discovered on a brackish beach in Oregon.—
Ritsuko Kawai,
Wired News,
5 May 2025
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Because of pollution, depletion, and seepage of water from the sea, the groundwater was of poor quality—brackish and salty, with a high level of chemicals.—
Claudine Ebeid,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
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Harrison confidently adopts the take-no-prisoners physicality that makes Zephyr a worthy foe for Tucker, but her line readings are bland, doing nothing to enliven the basic script by Nick Lepard.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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Bonnin serves up the same kind of comfort food Cécile’s parents serve to their truckers, easy to enjoy but ultimately a bit bland.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
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“Unappetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappetizing. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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