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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Many voters will choose by deciding which unappetizing candidate to vote against, not which champion to vote for.
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Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
While excellent French menus were enjoyed by many who were traveling, the queen dined on food brought from Windsor, including an Irish stew which was kept lukewarm in red flannel pouches hung from the carriages—an unappetizing practice that persisted on the queen’s subsequent visits to the south.
—Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
But potato farming in particular shows how a host of seemingly unrelated factors — the demands of industrial French fry production, for example, or the fact that people will spend more money for fries with fewer unappetizing dark spots — can send water use soaring.
—Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
Commercial products with unappetizing ingredients There are also commercial products available that contain specific ingredients aimed at making stool unappetizing for dogs.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
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Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
While excellent French menus were enjoyed by many who were traveling, the queen dined on food brought from Windsor, including an Irish stew which was kept lukewarm in red flannel pouches hung from the carriages—an unappetizing practice that persisted on the queen’s subsequent visits to the south.
—Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
But potato farming in particular shows how a host of seemingly unrelated factors — the demands of industrial French fry production, for example, or the fact that people will spend more money for fries with fewer unappetizing dark spots — can send water use soaring.
—Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
Commercial products with unappetizing ingredients There are also commercial products available that contain specific ingredients aimed at making stool unappetizing for dogs.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
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