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.
—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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappetizing
Adjective
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Allowing Iran to continue to control the crucial waterway is likely to be highly unpalatable to Gulf states including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Dry fields are also vulnerable to noxious weeds like leafy spurge and toadflax, which are toxic to cattle and unpalatable to native ungulates like deer and pronghorn antelope.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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How’s a Machiavelli in Manolo Blahniks expected to properly dictate taste in this kind of distasteful environment?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ornamental onions, chives, and spring onions produce a scent and flavor that squirrels find distasteful.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His slugging percentage is horrible.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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Some of it had to do with horrible tragedy, some because hopefuls could not see the math working out for them.—
Deputy Managing Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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The two Democrats have frequently tussled for moral high ground over their connections to industries that voters might see as unsavory.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2026
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In the show, as in life, such unsavory impulses extend not just to the staff but to the user base.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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But that’s made even worse by the fact that a significant portion of these observational studies did not even have a comparison group.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The views over the city aren’t bad either.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Some predict ‘awful consequences’ However, the US has its own specialized network of hospitals that are highly equipped to treat Ebola patients that some experts say would be much better utilized.—
Jamie Gumbrecht,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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Lean says the experience had an awful effect on him, filling him with shame and a reluctance to direct again.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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The grass performs well in the brackish conditions common to seaside golf courses and offers excellent chipping surfaces.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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Vibrio, a bacteria found in salt and brackish water, is contracted when wounds are exposed to water containing the bacteria or eat raw or undercooked shellfish.—
Eva Flowe
May 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 May 2026
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And like Bargatze, The Breadwinner is relatable, inoffensive and also thoroughly bland.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
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The only real drawback is that some rooms face bland rooftop views.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
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“Unappetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappetizing. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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