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unsavory

ʌn'seivәri4 senses · 174 ms
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adj/ʌnˈseɪv.əɹ.i/
  1. 1

    Not savory; without flavor.US

  2. 2

    Of bad taste; distasteful.US

    • The little Pieces of Beef vvere like Plums in our Hodg-podg. Indeed 'tvvas not fit to be eaten any other vvay; for tho' it did not ſtink, yet it vvas very unſavory and black, vvithout the leaſt ſign of Fat in it: […]
  3. 3

    Making an activity undesirable.US

  4. 4

    Disreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character.US

    • His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.

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