unsavoury
adjective/ʌnˈseɪvəri/
/ʌnˈseɪvəri/
(US English unsavory)
- unpleasant or offensive; not considered morally acceptable
- an unsavoury incident
- Her friends are all pretty unsavoury characters.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnsavoury/unsavory is used with these nouns:- character
- incident
- reputation
- …
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