unsavory

Example Sentences

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The constant Polymarket ads felt cheap and unsavory to say the least, reducing all of the stellar films nominated to fodder for basement-dwelling creeps to bet on.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

My whole career, I’ve been pretty good at taking an unsavory character and humanizing him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

This week: Larry Summers has stepped down from his public positions following the release of unsavory emails he exchanged with Jeffrey Epstein.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2025

Crowe’s Dec. 6, 1973, cover story on the Allman Brothers was meant to atone for an earlier profile on the band written for the magazine by Grover Lewis, a brutally honest and often unsavory portrait.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Many of the groups didn’t get along and were led by corrupt warlords with unsavory reputations.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai