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
Mounds of salt on the plate or remnants scattered on the floor are both unappetizing and potentially dangerous.
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
One of the running gags of the Space Race was the unappetizing nature of the food astronauts packed for their trip to the Moon.
—David Szondy
october 19, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
Among the all-natural brands, the color might seem anathema, even unappetizing.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Analysts have warned that political polarization and unappetizing electoral options for voters may well yield a fractured vote.
—Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
One of the running gags of the Space Race was the unappetizing nature of the food astronauts packed for their trip to the Moon.
—David Szondy
october 19, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
Among the all-natural brands, the color might seem anathema, even unappetizing.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Analysts have warned that political polarization and unappetizing electoral options for voters may well yield a fractured vote.
—Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappetizing
Adjective
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That containment logic, either overt or covert, has repeatedly reappeared whenever protest has become politically inconvenient and unpalatable to those in power.—
Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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This approach remains a long shot but the alternatives range from unpalatable to unattractive.—
Ali Vaez,
Time,
15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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When late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel made a distasteful comment on ABC that seemed to blame the right for Kirk’s killing, Disney, the network’s parent company, gave in to pressure to take Kimmel off the air.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
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China would expect something in return, of course, including concessions that some in Europe may consider distasteful, such as a pledge by NATO to no longer formally cooperate with East Asian partners.—
Matthias Matthijs,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Are there horrible smells wafting around?—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
7 Jan. 2026
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Jimmy Kimmel was horrible, and some of these people.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Assistant is pretty much a straight shooter and doesn’t seem haywire or unsavory.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Such positive associations make milk a powerful metaphor for what America could be—if certain unsavory elements of modernity could be undone or erased.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Now, but as the statistics and figures come in here in Minneapolis, there's double-digit drops in crime, coupled with a lot of bad people and bad things being taken off of your streets.—
Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Under President Biden, the FTC and DOJ slowed large transactions, suggesting that all big businesses were bad businesses.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Pasquantino later deleted the post, likely because fans noted his expectation about the awful things the Royals could theoretically say about him.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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His administration’s actions in Minneapolis have been awful.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The water is brackish and refreshingly cold, with darting fish nibbling at dangling feet.—
Anna Zacharias,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Jan. 2026
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The species thrives in brackish water.—
Alasdair Pal,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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But aside from calling for some bland common sense regulations that should be uncontroversial to any sane person, Roher doesn’t attempt to make anyone agree with him.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2026
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After repeating this loop, the researchers ended up with a bland image of a formal interior space – no people, no drama, no real sense of time and place.—
Ahmed Elgammal,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Unappetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappetizing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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