adjective
1. not pleasing in odor or taste
• Syn: ↑distasteful, ↑unsavoury
• Similar to: ↑unpalatable
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unsavoriness, ↑distastefulness (for: ↑distasteful)
2. morally offensive
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an unsavory reputation
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an unsavory scandal
• Ant: ↑savory
• Similar to: ↑odoriferous
• Derivationally related forms: ↑offensiveness (for: ↑offensive), ↑offend (for: ↑offensive), ↑unsavoriness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.