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unpalatable

[uhn-pal-uh-tuh-buhl]

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adjective

not palatable; unpleasant to the taste.

disagreeable or unacceptable; obnoxious: unpalatable behavior.

Origin:
1675–85; un-¹ + palatable

Related forms

un·pal·at·a·bil·i·ty, noun

un·pal·at·a·bly, adverb

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Yet, with their constant use, it is surprising how often they are unpalatable from lack of ordinary care in buying or preparing.

Off-shore medical schools are unpalatable to the vast majority of the students at my school, due to the stigma that is attached.

But they are increasingly regarded as unpalatable buyers.

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Yet, with their constant use, it is surprising how often they are unpalatable from lack of ordinary care in buying or preparing.

Off-shore medical schools are unpalatable to the vast majority of the students at my school, due to the stigma that is attached.

But they are increasingly regarded as unpalatable buyers.

Many species have developed deceptive appearances to fool would-be predators by taking on the look of other unpalatable species.

And tasty viceroy butterflies are safe from birds because they resemble monarchs, which are unpalatable.

Terminal spikes of yellow flowers may be followed by small, unpalatable fruit.

And there's no reason why it all has to be so monotonous and unpalatable.

But coaching your daughter to lie is also unpalatable.

Other gauges of inflation also brought an unpalatable message.

Yet a number of fruits contain chemicals that vertebrate species find unpalatable.

The waitress found the description so unpalatable that she visibly shuddered, but said that she supposed they could do that.

She was able to mitigate its unpalatable nature with a savory cream sauce.

But pouring cash into basket cases with no end in sight to the outlay is equally as unpalatable.

In this debate, only the unpalatable predictions tend to get oxygen.

Certainly, no one could imagine anything more infuriating or unpalatable for the local populace to have to endure.

We would have to face the unpalatable truth that previous bank bail-outs have failed to address the depth of the banking problem.

But the requirement for government intervention makes the project unpalatable in the current polarised atmosphere.

Most of us have lied about a friend's unpalatable dish or a partner's new but hideous dress.

But they know that some of these lessons are unpalatable.

So one is much less likely to stick to a low calorie diet which is also low sodium, the food becomes mostly unpalatable.

To be sure, plenty of people find cola unpalatable as a morning beverage.

But they will also, in some cases, be politically unpalatable.

It's greed that makes acceptance of dire consequences unpalatable.

Olmert to do what was needed but politically unpalatable.

Abuses can run in both directions: good rules may be killed because of politically unpalatable job losses.

P greeni is chemically defended against would-be predators and considered unpalatable.

Relocation is unpalatable no matter how you look at it.

Another reason for returning is that the alternative is unpalatable.

If you make something unpalatable by making it expensive, alternatives will emerge.

It doesn't help that many of the options for saving the postal service are politically unpalatable.

Between sentences he would work his stubbly chin as if chewing on unpalatable facts.

Japanese officials have been facing unpalatable options.

The answers are ones the public in general seems to find unpalatable however.

It spottily succeeds, despite its frequently crude humor, relentless pace and a few unpalatable racial bits.

McEwan's story collection demonstrates a talent for humanizing potentially unpalatable characters.

Working for a living has become for a small but growing number an unavoidable if unpalatable option.

Maybe free will enters at the last moment, allowing a person to override an unpalatable subconscious decision.

The only explanation string theory proponents have come up with is an unpalatable one to many physicists:.

The unpalatable truth that many politicians are afraid to tell.

Fireflies produce defensive steroids in their bodies that make them unpalatable to predators.

One unpalatable conclusion is that enlargement talks will take a long time.

The unpalatable alternative is the re-introduction of far less benign herbicides.

The committee also suggested another unpalatable step:.

Some of the alkaloid in the adult is built into the scales, so the moth is unpalatable to spiders.

The phrase describes a choice between two alternatives that will produce equally unpalatable results.

And investors are finding the company's sagging short-term growth prospects unpalatable.

They've got an unpalatable mix of unemployment, inflation, and austerity.

Jarmusch is an acquired taste, and a lot of people seem to find him unpalatable.

Asking future taxpayers to stump up for tomorrow's pensioners is as unpalatable as raising the retirement age.

They find it a bit unpalatable and he's not their kind of.

Unpopular and unpalatable views are not commonly suppressed.

Unpalatable green beans are heated to create complex flavors that are extracted during brewing.

Most of the options for dealing with the debt overhang are unpalatable.

Robbins's exit showed how unpalatable the professional choices facing journalists today can be:.

As politically unpalatable as it might be, charging a modest, largely symbolic stipend per visit would do wonders.

Unskillful cooking will, of course, produce unpalatable dishes.

If the first route is chosen, the value-added tax is by far the best option available to deal with an unpalatable situation.

It is nauseating to read about him, but given all the other unpalatable characters, you sort of miss him when he's gone.

Magid was a savior of local news, transforming it from something dry and unpalatable into something digestible and profitable.

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World English Dictionary

unpalatable (ʌnˈpælətəb^əl)

—*adj*
1.	unpleasant to taste
2.	difficult to accept: the unpalatable truth

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unpalatable

1682, from un- (1) "not" + palatable.

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