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unsavory

[uhn-say-vuh-ree] / ʌnˈseɪ və ri /


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Flores’s lawyers said the memo highlights unsavory realities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Once again, she’ll tackle an unsavory topic and figure out how to bring it to fruition; then distribute it come what may, because she refuses to be boxed in by the industry’s expectations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

It was more like a dark epiphany, a moment of revelation in which unsavory but unavoidable truths about America were laid bare before America itself and the wider world.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

The filmmakers got current members to talk, though mostly they try to explain away everything unsavory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

When they visited local families, they were often served food that both of them found unsavory, but they would go ahead and eat it.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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