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unpalatable

[uhn-pal-uh-tuh-buhl] / ʌnˈpæl ə tə bəl /




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She said the government had faced "some really difficult and unpalatable choices" in dealing with prison overcrowding and that they had faced "the wholesale collapse of the criminal justice system".

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

These aren’t difficult or unpalatable breakfasts, but simply different — and nutritious — ones.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026

On offer Thursday were unpalatable choices for a president eager to move on from the conflict he started.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

The final scene, in which Titus enters dressed as a chef, a cream puff of a toque jauntily placed on his head—he’s baked those unpalatable pies—retains its deranged tone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

The bubbles were small, inconspicuous, and held a strange, unpalatable beauty when shafts of light pierced them and brightened his mouth with a briefly degraded spectrum of color.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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