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unsavory

[uhn-sey-vuh-ree] / ʌnˈseɪ və ri /


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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

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 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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

Reader, in the spirit of honesty, I must utter a difficult and unsavory truth: Rats are not beautiful creatures.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo




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