UNPALATABILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unpalatability mean? 

• UNPALATABILITY (noun)
  The noun UNPALATABILITY has 2 senses:

1. the property of being unacceptable to the mouth

2. the property of being unacceptable to the mind

  Familiarity information: UNPALATABILITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNPALATABILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being unacceptable to the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

unpalatability; unpalatableness

Hypernyms ("unpalatability" is a kind of...):

taste property (a property appreciated via the sense of taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unpalatability"):

disgustingness; distastefulness; nauseatingness; sickeningness; unsavoriness (extreme unpalatability to the mouth)

unappetisingness; unappetizingness (the property of spoiling the appetite)

Antonym:

palatability (the property of being acceptable to the mouth)

Derivation:

unpalatable (not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of being unacceptable to the mind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

unpalatability; unpalatableness

Context example:

the policy's unpalatability caused an uproar

Hypernyms ("unpalatability" is a kind of...):

disagreeableness (the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unpalatability"):

disgustingness; unsavoriness (the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind)