Unsavoury (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal".
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All adjective clusters.
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Meaning 2
Not pleasing in odor or taste.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The restaurant was closed due to an unsavoury smell coming from the kitchen that refused to go away.
- She spat out the food as soon as she tasted the unsavoury sauce that was added to it.
- After not taking out the trash for weeks, the whole house was filled with an unsavoury stench.
- The seafood was past its expiration date and had an unsavoury smell that indicated it was no longer edible.
- The guests complained about the unsavoury odour coming from the drains in the hotel bathrooms.