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- adjective chiefly UK Alternative spelling of
unappetizing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste
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Examples
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Model food in unappetising colours: a cold palette of cold meats.
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Model food in unappetising colours: a cold palette of cold meats.
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I am not the only one who finds food served on the ward to be 'unappetising'.
British Blogs 2009
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One thing you should bear in mind when cooking red cabbage is that it reacts dramatically to even slightly hard water, the alkaline turning your beautiful and carefully shredded veg to a murky, unappetising navy blue.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's red cabbage recipes Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 2010
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Or if he's dealing with unappetising ball he'll happily stand deep and pass it casually to his centres.
Eddie Butler's verdict: five things England must improve 2011
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Ignore the unappetising colour and serve with or without dumplings.
Family life 2011
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Here a flamboyant recipe for roasting a peacock and serving it up in its skin, feathers and all, is followed by an unappetising cure for bed-wetting involving mouse boiled in urine.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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It's just that some people in the west may find the methods used to do so unappetising.
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So far this week the Atlanta Athletic Club has served up an uncompromising golf course and an unappetising menu of mediocre golf.
Brendan Steele and Jason Dufner in lead after third round of US PGA 2011
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Here a flamboyant recipe for roasting a peacock and serving it up in its skin, feathers and all, is followed by an unappetising cure for bed-wetting involving mouse boiled in urine.
wellcome receipts 2009
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