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Definitions for unsavoury
un·savou·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
unsavory, unsavoury, offensiveadjective
morally offensive
"an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
distasteful, unsavory, unsavouryadjective
not pleasing in odor or taste
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unsavouryadjective
Alternative spelling of unsavory
The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".
Etymology: un- savoury
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unsavouryadjective
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? Job vi. 6.
Unsavoury food, perhaps,
To spiritual natures. John Milton, Par. Lost.Some may emit an unsavoury odour, which may happen from the quality of what they have taken. Brown.
Things of so mean regard, although necessary to be ordered, are notwithstanding very unsavoury, when they come to be disputed of; because disputation pre-supposeth some difficulty in the matter. Richard Hooker, b. v.
Unsavoury news; but how made he escape? William Shakespeare.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unsavoury
un-sā′vor-i, adj. not savoury, tasteless: unpleasing, disgusting.—adv. Unsā′vourily.—n. Unsā′vouriness.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unsavoury in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unsavoury in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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