unpalatable

adjective

un·​pal·​at·​able ˌən-ˈpa-lə-tə-bəl How to pronounce unpalatable (audio)
1
: not palatable : distasteful
unpalatable wines
2
: unpleasant, disagreeable
raising income tax rates is politically unpalatableMary Rowland
unpalatability noun

Examples of unpalatable in a Sentence

pasta and honey is an unpalatable combination hesitated before sharing some of the more unpalatable details of his captivity
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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 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 These final years are sometimes treated as a lost period, because Twain’s writing grew bitter and cynical and unpalatable to those more interested in pleasing escapades. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025 The conflict has deepened existing ethnic and regional fault lines; the atrocities that the RSF, in particular, has perpetrated have made negotiations unpalatable for many of the SAF’s backers. Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unpalatable

Word History

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of unpalatable was in 1658

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“Unpalatable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpalatable. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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