unsavory
Example Sentences
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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
Yes, Montague’s plan in Shirley Jackson’s modern gothic tale is to explore the “various unsavory stories” about the 80-year-old mansion, but he keeps the full extent of his planned experiment to himself.
They settled on House No. 2, which also appeared civilized but in a less unsavory location.
“The rest of the world is seeing these two unsavory alternatives, and bouncing around between these two poles,” says Eswar Prasad, an economist at Cornell University.
Plopping her youngest in front of our local public TV station’s daytime lineup meant she didn’t have to worry about me being exposed to what she viewed as unsavory material.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
