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How to use unsavory in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective

Unsavory means not savory; without flavor. Example: “His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.”

Examples of unsavory by meaning

adjectiveDisreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character.

  • His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.

More sentences with unsavory

  • “Mudds is a notorious dive for all sorts of unsavory rogues.2023 October 26, Mike McMahan, “The Inner Fight” (10:28 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 4, episode 9, spoken by Bouncer…. From the entry bup-bup-bup
  • Our friendship with Jesus Christ is the redeeming quality that takes our personality from unsavory to save-worthy.2015, Trisha Priebe, A Sherlock Holmes Devotional. From the entry saveworthy
  • By judicious leaking, he also managed to make la Kirkpatrick and her associates look rather unsavory.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 232. From the entry la
  • McEwan in unsavory, voyeuristic terms that are as cringemaking as they are graphic.2007 June 1, Michiko Kakutani, “Past and Present: Imperfect, Tense”, in New York Times. From the entry cringemaking
  • It is doubtless that the old reprobate who sued for his daughter's hand heard some unsavory truths from the man.1927, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 7, in The Outlaw of Torn. From the entry doubtless
  • Frog meat, therefore, cannot be unsavory.2004 January/February, Koizumi Takeo, “The Reptiles And the Batrachians”, in The East, volume 39, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50, column 2. From the entry Fuchien
  • To report these unsavory and totally lost creatures is of course a violation of the rigid convict code, and is called “ratting” or “cheese-eating."1956, The Paris Review - Issues 12-14, page 16. From the entry cheese-eating
  • Matt Gaetz – a political bomb-thrower who has faced federal and congressional investigations into alleged unsavory personal conduct – is now President-elect Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general.2024 November 14, Linda Feldmann, Henry Gass, “Trump’s eye-popping Cabinet picks show his top priority: Loyalty”, in The Christian Science…. From the entry eye-popping
  • A single mother who vanished from western Colorado more than seven years ago led a double life as a paid escort with many unsavory clients, investigators say.2014 November 22, Associated Press, “Client arrested 7 years after mom with secret life disappeared”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry double life

Meaning of unsavory

  1. adjective Not savory; without flavor.
  2. adjective Of bad taste; distasteful.
  3. adjective Making an activity undesirable.

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Questions about unsavory in a sentence

How do you use unsavory in a sentence?
Unsavory is used as an adjective. For example: “His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.”
What is a short sentence with unsavory?
“Frog meat, therefore, cannot be unsavory.”
What does unsavory mean?
Unsavory means not savory; without flavor.

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