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
That's an unappetizing reality for a mayor whose transportation referendum, which was widely approved by voters, just raised the city's sales tax rate.
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Nate Rau, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Will the members of that unappetizing quartet turn out to be harbingers of Conquest, War, Famine, and Death?
—airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025
Higher concentrations tend to make the water gloopy and unappetizing.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Few projects sound quite as unappetizing as cleaning out the attic.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
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Nate Rau, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Will the members of that unappetizing quartet turn out to be harbingers of Conquest, War, Famine, and Death?
—airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025
Higher concentrations tend to make the water gloopy and unappetizing.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Few projects sound quite as unappetizing as cleaning out the attic.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unappetizing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappetizing
Adjective
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The Senate bill’s lack of that sheltering language as well as the prospect of oversight by the Treasury Department may make this version of federal vouchers unpalatable for voucher fans.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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At the end of the last season, after getting the New York elite to bend the knee and support her preferred opera company, Bertha set her sights on fixing up her daughter with an unpalatable British duke for the sake of his title.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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As Kelli storms off, Brit yells the distasteful comment about Kelli’s abortions, following it up by calling her a hobbit, and the rest of the women reflexively gasp, knowing how low of a blow such a statement is.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
23 June 2025
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Unfortunately, Canadians found the carbon pricing system confusing and distasteful.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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To be able to say that so many writers have been meaningful to you is not a horrible thing.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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If Flagg develops into the human triple double who leads the team to the Western Conference Finals and NBA Finals in his first six years, the trade can be called not a horrible deal.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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After several months of strong economic news but incredibly weak consumer sentiment, America is starting to see those trends reverse: The vibes are on the rebound, but evidence is mounting that the economy is getting worse.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
28 June 2025
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Overall, the recent western drought was at its worst in late 2021, when nearly 94% of the West was in drought, before easing in 2023-24.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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The beautiful game has all too often been marred by unsavory incidents of bigotry.—
Hannah Ryan,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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What follows is an unexpected morality play surrounding not only the complications of bringing Rajesh’s actions to light, but also Maitri’s unsavory methods that sparked this violent eruption, which rest on her bringing harm to another, equally vulnerable woman.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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However, the idea that Gunn was going to make an awful Superman movie does not match up with his history of comic book productions across Marvel and DC.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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This has been an awful process—a frantic rush to meet an artificial deadline that has tested every limit of this institution.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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The spillway was built in 1931 to remove pressure on the levees protecting New Orleans by diverting up to 250,000 cubic feet of fresh water per second into Lake Pontchartrain’s brackish waters.—
Amy Graff,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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This all Saul sang, did sing, selah and limping there, brackish to the very crotch and destitute.—
Timmy Straw,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Listen to one after another, though, and the bland muddiness exposes them as a machine creation.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 June 2025
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Recent coverage on Forbes warns that overuse of AI in newsrooms could lead to bland, unoriginal content that erodes trust.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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“Unappetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappetizing. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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