Many politicians employ spin doctors whose job it is to dress up unpalatable government decisions so they will be more readily accepted by the public.
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Unpalatable
Synonyms for "unpalatable" (71 found)
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25 translations across 17 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- тәмһеҙ adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Belarusian
1 entries- нясма́чны adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Bulgarian
1 entries- неапетитен adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 難吃 /难吃 adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Czech
1 entries- nedobrý adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Dutch
2 entries- onaangenaam adj ((by extension) unpleasant or disagreeable)
- onsmakelijk adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Finnish
1 entries- pahanmakuinen adj (unpleasant to the taste)
French
3 entries- dégoutant adj (unpleasant to the taste)
- désagréable adj ((by extension) unpleasant or disagreeable)
- peu appétissant adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Hungarian
1 entries- rossz ízű adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Italian
1 entries- sgradevole adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Mongolian
1 entries- амтгүй adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Māori
1 entries- kōtuhi adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Polish
1 entries- niesmaczny adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Russian
1 entries- невку́сный adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Spanish
4 entries- desagradable adj (unpleasant to the taste)
- incomible adj (unpleasant to the taste)
- intragable adj (unpleasant to the taste)
- nada paladeable adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Swedish
1 entries- oaptitlig adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Ukrainian
1 entries- несмачни́й adj (unpleasant to the taste)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
My brother loves damsons both cooked and raw, but I find them unpalatable when not made into jam.
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Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
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This meat is undercooked and unpalatable.
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