unfragrant

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A cup of unfragrant tea, sweetened with condensed milk, and a biscuit which was strongly scented with a peculiarly acrid smell, were gratefully accepted by the wellnigh exhausted sub.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

After an early dinner, and a careful consultation of the Post-Office Directory, Mr. Madgin ordered a hansom, and was driven to Hatton Garden, in and about which unfragrant locality the diamond merchants most do congregate.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.

Something of the atmosphere of home will cling to office-walls, and soften the sharp outlines and sweeten the unfragrant air of perpetual traffic and self-seeking.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various

Beyond this unfragrant belt were several small houses of light framework, surrounded with high fencing, which might almost have been dignified by the title of palisade.

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.

He called it "that energetic and unfragrant city."

From Sydney Smith by Russell, George William Erskine