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unsavoriness

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un⋅sa⋅vor⋅y

  [uhn-sey-vuh-ree]
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–adjective
1. not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
2. unpleasant in taste or smell; distasteful.
3. unappealing or disagreeable, as a pursuit: Poor teachers can make education unsavory.
4. socially or morally objectionable or offensive: an unsavory past; an unsavory person.
Also, especially British, un⋅sa⋅vour⋅y.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME; see un- 1 , savory 1

Related forms:
un⋅sa⋅vor⋅i⋅ly, adverb
un⋅sa⋅vor⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. flat, unappetizing.
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un·sa·vor·y   (ŭn-sā'və-rē)   
adj.  

  1. Distasteful or disagreeable: an unsavory task.

  2. Not savory: an unsavory meal.

  3. Morally offensive: an unsavory scandal.

un·sa'vor·i·ly adv., un·sa'vor·i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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