Definition of "unsavory" []

• Distasteful or disagreeable: an unsavory task. (adjective)
• Not savory: an unsavory meal. (adjective)
• Morally offensive: an unsavory scandal. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Hard to imagine that anything this unsavory is anything but a hoax."
• "It makes people build more houses, which leads to urban sprawl and an automotive dominated transit infrastructure that contributes to global warming, leaves us dependent on fuel sources in unsavory parts of the globe, and wastes countless man-hours by being so damned spread out."
• "Why don't you look over to the business and law schools profs, they make almost twice what you make, but that doesn't mean anything unsavory is going on."