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unsavory

[uhn-sey-vuh-ree] / ʌnˈseɪ və ri /


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The scene involves an unsavory routine on how to recognize a shoplifter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

That means "unsavory facts will take longer to come to light, if they do at all. The administration will feel less pressure to provide a coherent justification and plan," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

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

Victoria quickly realized that people were finding the setting reassuring, even if the political sagas and unsavory characters in his world were stressful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Holmes knew she had an unsavory associate named “Hatch.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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