What does unsavory mean?
Definitions for unsavory
un·sa·vo·ry
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unsavory.
Princeton's WordNet
unsavory, unsavoury, offensiveadjective
morally offensive
"an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
distasteful, unsavory, unsavouryadjective
not pleasing in odor or taste
Wiktionary
unsavoryadjective
Not savory; without flavor.
unsavoryadjective
Of bad taste; distasteful.
unsavoryadjective
Making an activity undesirable.
unsavoryadjective
Disreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character.
His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.
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unsavory
Unsavory is an adjective used to describe something that is unpleasant, distasteful, disagreeable, or unpalatable. It can refer to food that tastes bad, situations that are morally offensive, or people who are disreputable or socially unacceptable.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unsavory in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unsavory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of unsavory in a Sentence
We call on all Americans to see this unsavory attempt to minimize the grisly bone-saw attack on Washington Post opinion writer Jamal Khashoggi for what it is -- an attempt to sweep under the rug a brutal state-sponsored murder, we call on people of conscience to reject this tournament. Do not attend. Do not watch it on television. Let it fail.
Purdue ignored the safety of Pennsylvanians, some of whom died as a result of the illegal and suspicious prescriptions written by these doctors. Purdue took full advantage of the situation. They targeted doctors with unsavory practices, they lied to sell more drugs, and as a result, they pumped our commonwealth with as much Oxy as possible.
I have lived and worked in New York City my whole life and it is definitely starting to remind me of the 1980s as far as unsavory characters being a lot more visible.
When you actually crack a prostitution ring or crackdown on junkets, that's always going to create a lot of headlines. Short term, it might be painful to see these unsavory things.
His facts are wrong. Staples has said that the policy in place was instituted a decade ago, so it was not instituted as a way to get around Obamacare, but he makes it sound as if getting around a law, meaning responding to the incentives that are written into the law, is somehow unsavory. And he talks about that, it's the same way he talks about everything that's private enterprise.
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- تافهArabic
- nechutnýCzech
- usmageligDanish
- unappetitlichGerman
- ανούσιοςGreek
- desagradableSpanish
- ناراحت کنندهPersian
- inhottavaFinnish
- peu recommandableFrench
- बेस्वादHindi
- kellemetlenHungarian
- burukIndonesian
- sgradevoleItalian
- 不愉快なJapanese
- ಅಹಿತಕರKannada
- perverso perverterisLatin
- onverkwikkelijk, twijfelachtig, onsmakelijkDutch
- usmakelig, smakløstNorwegian
- niesmacznyPolish
- desagradávelPortuguese
- grețosRomanian
- непривлекательныйRussian
- tvivelaktig, motbjudandeSwedish
- சுவையற்றTamil
- రుచి లేనిTelugu
- ลามกThai
- lezzetsizTurkish
- неприємнийUkrainian
- ناجائزUrdu
- không khoan nhượngVietnamese
- unsavoryYiddish
- 難吃的Chinese
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