unsavory
Example Sentences
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My whole career, I’ve been pretty good at taking an unsavory character and humanizing him.
Political operatives, several of whom were granted anonymity to discuss potentially unsavory uses of artificial intelligence they are concerned about or planning to deploy, raised a raft of possibilities.
From New York Times
He understood that the Americans whose feet he was wooing were increasingly prone to viewing China as unsavory, and even malevolent.
From New York Times
When a run on a bank occurs, the question is always: Should we provide unsavory support for banks, even though this will obviously increase their incentive for poor performance and bad behavior in the future?
From Los Angeles Times
Hoping to cut down on the unsavory practices of an international amateur free-agent market that the league oversees, M.L.B. has long wanted to implement an international draft.
From New York Times
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