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
But in the end, Swept Away was blown away by something else: Middling ticket sales, a story that may have been unappetizing to some, a song catalog unfamiliar to the tourists who make up a large chunk of Broadway’s audience, and perhaps a bit of bad timing in terms of the national mood.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
But asking them not to cook food that smells unappetizing to you, and is likely delightful to them?
—Diana Budds, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2025
Afterall, there are few things as unappetizing as a spoonful of stale cereal.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
The holiday rush is in full swing across the US as last-minute travelers try to reach their destinations in unappetizing weather conditions.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
But asking them not to cook food that smells unappetizing to you, and is likely delightful to them?
—Diana Budds, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2025
Afterall, there are few things as unappetizing as a spoonful of stale cereal.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
The holiday rush is in full swing across the US as last-minute travelers try to reach their destinations in unappetizing weather conditions.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappetizing
Adjective
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With Colossal’s budget, Asian elephant conservation NGOs could tackle the real threats to the survival of elephants: human-elephant conflict, loss of habitat and connectivity, poaching, and the spread of invasive plants unpalatable to elephants.—
Nitin Sekar,
ArsTechnica,
5 Apr. 2025
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Now, with confirmation that the Bibas boys are dead, Israeli society will no doubt harden even further, making any idea of reconciliation and peace with the Palestinians all the more unpalatable.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Hold an ideological bent that is obvious and distasteful.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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That principle is invoked by law firm partners to justify high profit but distasteful representations.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But then two horrible shifts by the Wild turned the game upside down in the blink of an eye.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Some veterans have impressed at the midpoint of coach Mike Norvell's spring-practice rebuilding as FSU aims to recover from last year's horrible campaign.—
Bob Ferrante,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That means more time for Rojas, who has shown more bad than good to begin this season.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Thankfully, the kittens were discovered and rescued right in time before something worse fell on them.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Greg/Gary The White Lotus' resident big bad, Gary (formerly known as Greg), is obviously a suspect given his unsavory past and menacing aura.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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This season has been filled with all sorts of unsavory drama, including a party turned incestuous, a surprise cameo (and unsettling monologue) from Sam Rockwell and an Inigo-Montoya-esque confrontation with a shadowy landowner.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Players who are in strong lineups on teams prone to having awful lineups on the floor in the same games are prone to having skewed impact numbers.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The memes are endless as the LIV Golf star has played awful golf on Sunday.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Dark long-body snake eels live in brackish water where the Mekong River meets the South China Sea.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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After heavy rain and flooding, the concentration of this bacteria can rise, especially in brackish (salty) water.—
Lisa Rapaport,
EverydayHealth.com,
11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The tone is all over the place, whipping back and forth between end-of-the-world seriousness and bland comedy.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
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But the stories themselves are on the bland and predictable side, whether as individual pieces or combined together across these multiple genres.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Unappetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappetizing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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