UNPALATABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unpalatable mean? 

• UNPALATABLE (adjective)
  The adjective UNPALATABLE has 1 sense:

1. not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind

  Familiarity information: UNPALATABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNPALATABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind

Context example:

unpalatable behavior

Similar:

brackish (distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture)

distasteful; unsavory; unsavoury (not pleasing in odor or taste)

Also:

unappetising; unappetizing (not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste)

inedible; uneatable (not suitable for food)

offensive (unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses)

unpleasant (offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness)

tasteless (lacking flavor)

Antonym:

palatable (acceptable to the taste or mind)

Derivation:

unpalatability (the property of being unacceptable to the mouth)

unpalatableness (the property of being unacceptable to the mind)

unpalatableness (the property of being unacceptable to the mouth)

 Context examples 

“When I explained my altered position to you, sir,” I began again, substituting a new form of expression for what was so unpalatable to him, this concealment, into which I am so unhappy as to have led Miss Spenlow, had begun.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)