unsavory

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un·sa·vor·y (

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adj.

1. Distasteful or disagreeable: an unsavory task.

2. Not savory: an unsavory meal.

3. Morally offensive: an unsavory scandal.

un·savor·i·ly adv.

un·savor·i·ness n.

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Adj.	1.	unsavory - morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal" unsavoury, offensive savory, savoury - morally wholesome or acceptable; "a past that was scarcely savory"
	2.	unsavory - not pleasing in odor or taste distasteful, unsavoury unpalatable - not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind; "an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"

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