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
Flowers are pasted all over it, seemingly at random, and strings of them fall off the hem in an unappetizing way.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2026
How to Get More Walnuts Into Your Diet If eating a handful of raw walnuts is unappetizing, there are countless ways to add walnuts to your diet—from topping salads and oatmeal, blending them in a smoothie, or roasting them for a healthy snack.
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Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
12 Dec. 2025
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.
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David Szondy
october 19,
New Atlas,
19 Oct. 2025
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2026
How to Get More Walnuts Into Your Diet If eating a handful of raw walnuts is unappetizing, there are countless ways to add walnuts to your diet—from topping salads and oatmeal, blending them in a smoothie, or roasting them for a healthy snack.
—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
12 Dec. 2025
Mounds of salt on the plate or remnants scattered on the floor are both unappetizing and potentially dangerous.
—
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
See All Example Sentences for unappetizing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappetizing
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To be sure, raising the payroll tax might be politically unpalatable for lawmakers, who would almost certainly face pushback from businesses and employees, experts note.
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Planing peppermint plants, garlic, and bright florals like daffodils and marigolds are options to keep squirrels away from their bright colors and unpalatable taste and odor.
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South Florida beaches have been inundated by waves of sargassum in recent weeks — while visually distasteful to some, the seaweed is not usually harmful to humans, and occupies a critical niche in marine ecosystems.
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Even comedian Shane Gillis, who's been in hot water for his own distasteful jokes, wasn't a fan of Hokit's words.
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Iran’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad World Cup got a lot better Sunday.
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What started as a horrible mistake ended up bringing the community together.
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Daemon dispatches some unsavory, not overly bright fellows to break into the castle at King's Landing to kill Aemond.
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Artificial intelligence tools have remarkably broad knowledge about the world, but some of it is unsavory or dangerous.
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Are those still your worst fears?
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While a higher tracker error is not bad in and of itself, most investors become uncomfortable when their portfolio acts so differently from the index.
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Messi shook off his awful spot kick to deliver another match-winning masterclass against Austria and become the competition’s all-time top scorer in the process.
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But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
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Vibrio bacteria are naturally occurring in salt and brackish water.
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For shellfish lovers, few destinations rival the Puget Sound region, where cold brackish waters create ideal conditions for oysters, clams, and mussels.
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But no characteristic of the bland Krem is as interesting as his studded face.
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But when done without texture, the trend can feel bland.
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“Unappetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappetizing. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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