Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not pleasing to the taste: an unpalatable meal.
- adj. Not pleasant or agreeable: unpalatable truths.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not palatable, in any sense; disagreeable.
Wiktionary
- adj. unpleasant to the taste
- adj. by extension unpleasant or disagreeable
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind
Examples
“Apparently the seeds are bitter and unpalatable, which is why I had this task.”
“They didn't even want to eat them (they were described as unpalatable).”
“It has been classified as unpalatable to rabbits, although they consumed significant amounts of it when mixed with grass and herbaceous leaves.”
“Conceivably, users could set AR spam filters to block any kind of unpalatable visual information, from political campaign signs to book covers.”
“The biggest shakeup of the NHS since its creation could turn patients against GPs because doctors are likely to start receiving "unpalatable" cash bonuses, an influential health thinktank warns today.”
The Guardian: NHS shakeup could set patients against their GPs, warns report
“As one expert commented, clinicians have to face up to this "unpalatable" evidence "for the sake of our patients.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Line Between Madness and Mayhem
“He added: "Governments are facing the kind of unpalatable choices that they haven't had to face maybe ever.”
“I think from the overall context of the letter, it’s pretty clear she was defending a position her peers found unpalatable, that is, genetics might partly explain the racial gap in intelligence-measured-by-IQ-tests.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judging a Person Based on a Single Forwarded Personal E-Mail
“By 'unpalatable' he didn't mean it was unnerving to think one could be sighted by pure chance, he meant that even if it was a fact it left you with the feeling you were dodging the issue and saying oh well, it was probably a bit of bad luck.”
“However Mr Begg is again warning the alternatives will be "unpalatable".”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘unpalatable’.
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If You Can't Say Anything Nice
Negative attributes or actions.
biased, cantankerous, caustic, contumacious, dilatory, disdain, duplicitous, fastidious, fractious, glower, haughty, imperious and 22 more...
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ymmez22's Words
despotic, fiefdom, demagogue, vignette, chavvy, esoteric, stalwarts, unpalatable, eradicated, rapacious, repugnant, zeitgeist and 89 more...
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Un-word List
untrammelled, untoward, unenthusiastically, unenthusiastic, undaunted, uncanny, unceasing, unbridled, unacknowledged, unacquainted, unadorned, unaffected and 239 more...
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lucidityprevails's Words
lucidity, journalistic, truthiness, foolhardy, egotism, lesbian, orgasmic, activism, moonglow, voodoo, conquer, demolish and 534 more...
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simple & useful 14
fabrication, parapet, transverse, erecting, dimpled, blistering, epoxy, scrubbable, immersion, puttying, sandpapered, stippled and 65 more...
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Dead to the World, by Charlaine Harris
exsanguinate, perfunctorily, spate, poseurs, a snick and a snee, compos mentis, percale, insipid, cowed, perfidy, joie de vivre, proforma and 34 more...
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U
words with starting letter u
uxorious, utopia, usury, usurp, ursine, urchin, urbane, uproarious, upbraid, unwonted, unwitting, unwieldy and 33 more...
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Having a Bad Taste
Words signifying a bad taste
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