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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Elleray also raised the most unpalatable of the unintended consequences.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The group is seen by many Iranians as a cult whose eclectic ideology, which mixes Islam and Marxism, is easily as unpalatable as the Islamic Republic’s.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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People aged between 18 and 29, who are Gen Z, were the most likely to find extreme wealth distasteful.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Because literature is a distillation of our loves and fears, of supposedly beauty and truth, its relationship with Mammon is at least distasteful and at most tragic, but the story of writing’s association itself is certainly an engaging story.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The point was to reduce the horrible pelvic pain caused by her endometriosis (a condition in which estrogen-reliant endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus).—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
20 Mar. 2026
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Continue reading … JOHN KOUFOS — California’s get-out-of-jail-free card could put children at risk of horrible violence.—
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FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The 25-year-old Indianapolis native plays Willa, the daughter of former revolutionaries DiCaprio and Taylor, who goes on the lam when unsavory characters from her parents’ past attempt to track her down.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
13 Mar. 2026
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Tom loves Las Vegas—the kitsch, the unsavory history—and seems almost protective of it.—
McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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What's worse are diesel prices.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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The family had made the three-day journey west based on reports that autism services in Colorado would be better, but in the upheaval of a move, Ethan had gotten worse and thrown his father into a wall.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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She got caught in a really bad cycle, and just seeing that video, and yes, the child being involved is awful; everyone involved is really hard.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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That defense was looking awful.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Prawns typically inhabit freshwater or brackish water, possess claws on three pairs of legs, and have straight bodies because of their overlapping shell segments.—
Susan Hall Mahon,
Southern Living,
18 Feb. 2026
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The water is brackish and refreshingly cold, with darting fish nibbling at dangling feet.—
Anna Zacharias,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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From a thriving artisanal craft tradition to a slate of luxury hospitality openings, Mallorca has a lot to offer these days to debunk its onetime reputation as a bland resort outpost.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
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The show also features bravura performances from Mark McGrath and Pat O’Brien skewering their bland TV-presenter personas.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Unappetizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappetizing. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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