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
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 sprinkling a bit of garlic and roasting them for a healthy snack, said Zumpano.
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Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 7 May 2025
Despite their unappetizing taste and tough texture, Osage orange fruits may still offer surprising benefits.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Many of the comments complain about how unappetizing the meal looks in the video.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2025
Even if Cameron is fortunate enough to avert further unrest, the menu for the remainder of his term remains an unappetizing mix of austerity and vague appeals for moral renewal.
—Jonathan Hopkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2011
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Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 7 May 2025
Despite their unappetizing taste and tough texture, Osage orange fruits may still offer surprising benefits.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Many of the comments complain about how unappetizing the meal looks in the video.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2025
Even if Cameron is fortunate enough to avert further unrest, the menu for the remainder of his term remains an unappetizing mix of austerity and vague appeals for moral renewal.
—Jonathan Hopkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappetizing
Adjective
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The unpalatable alternative for Macron would be dissolving parliament again, ceding to pressure from the far right in particular for another unscheduled cycle of legislative elections.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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The idea that, in the wake of this, Modi was going to acknowledge that a third party essentially had a role in bringing this conflict to an end was just politically unpalatable.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But Republicans were determined to use the revenue produced by a cap to pay for marginal rate cuts that Democrats found distasteful.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The artwork — a graphic close-up shot of a tiny American flag bikini on a woman’s pelvic area — was considered so distasteful by some that chain stores like Walmart and Kmart banned it at the time.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Inherently, a writer doing historical research is always victim to this horrible irony.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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There are some horrible things said on stage by the mystery writer that Tony Carlin plays.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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So sorry, fantasy coaches and anybody that bet on me, my bad.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Joseph had maybe his worst day of the year.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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One of the best parts to it are the recollections from his Little Italy friends and relatives, many of whom served as inspiration for his sometimes unsavory characters.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The final third of the book seamlessly cranks up the action when tracker vampire James and his bloodthirsty cronies, Laurent and Victoria, take an unsavory interest in Bella.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The tragedy in question is no secret — Chris and Jenny are killed together in a horrific car accident, which inspires all sorts of awful questions — and the fallout is mostly predictable.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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But talk about some awful timing, my word.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The freshwater table below the region would probably become brackish, but that water is barely used today anyway.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
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At its southernmost edge, guests can see the freshwater of the Rio Grande River meet the Gulf of Mexico, where only 35 feet of brackish water separates the United States and Mexico.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Street Kings is bland, forgettable pulp — Reeves doesn’t enliven it, getting buried along with the rest of a fine ensemble that includes Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, and a pre-Captain America Chris Evans.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
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Companies such as OpenAI fine-tune the models behind modern chatbots not just to imitate existing writing, but to use the particularly bland and cheerful style that any chatbot user recognizes.—
Vauhini Vara,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Unappetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappetizing. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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