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unsavory

/ʌnˈseɪv.əɹ.i/ adjective C2
  1. Not savory; without flavor. (US)
  2. Of bad taste; distasteful. (US)
  3. Making an activity undesirable. (US)
  4. Disreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character. (US) · His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.
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