unsavory
unsavory
Definition
un·sa·vory (-sā′vər ē)
adjective
- Obsolete without flavor; tasteless
- unpleasant to taste or smell
- unpleasant or offensive, esp. so as to seem immoral
- unsaved
un·sa′·vori·ly adverb
un·sa′·vori·ness noun
unsavory
Synonyms
unsavory
modif.
unsavory
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- character: This story set the scene for all future breakout stories and introduced us to the TP ideals as well as some unsavory alien characters.
- practice: And, of course, I withhold my support from many unsavory practices I disapprove.
- type: Extreme unsavory types paternal home front general manager of certain conditions such.
- regime: There was little love for what virtually all of Washington recognized as an unsavory regime, but Iraq was considered the lesser evil.
- element: Herbicides discourage social mixing with unsavory elements in the local plant population.
Browse dictionary entries near unsavory
- unsaturated
- unsatisfactory
- unsatisfactorily
- unsanitary
- unsaid
- unsafe
- unsaddle
- Uns
- unruly
- unruffled
- unsay
- unscathed
- unschooled
- unscientific
- unscramble
- unscrew
- unscripted
- unscrupulous
- unscrupulously
- unseal
