unsavoury

adjective
🔊/ʌnˈseɪvəri/
🔊/ʌnˈseɪvəri/
(US English unsavory)
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  1. unpleasant or offensive; not considered morally acceptable讨厌的;无礼的;声名狼藉的;不道德的
    • an unsavoury incident令人厌恶的事件
    • Her friends are all pretty unsavoury characters.她的朋友尽是些不三不四的人。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnsavoury/​unsavory is used with these nouns:
    • character
    • incident
    • reputation
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