The vegetables looked unpalatably wilted. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : unpalatable behavior. From Dictionary.com.
Thomas Harrison, by contrast, argues that the play is inescapably and unpalatably patriotic. From Wordnik.com. [The National Theatre of Wales does battle with Aeschylus's The Persians] Reference
If Rudy Giuliani is going to turn out to be unpalatably imperious, or Hillary Clinton intolerably cold, eight months should uncover those traits. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign Seasoning] Reference
The greater salinity of table salt makes it a culinary hazard: throw in a few teaspoons of table salt in a recipe designed for kosher, and you will end up with an unpalatably salty mess. From Wordnik.com. [The Dicey Calculus of Cooking] Reference
Still, Clinton said, Bush's machine has raised far more "to try to ruin the reputations of our candidates or, if they can't, to depress the turnout" by making campaigns unpalatably nasty. From Wordnik.com. [The First Families Square Off] Reference
And the placement on a public light-rail mass transit line allows for ironically pleasant and uniquely creative use of diegetic, while arguably equally not diegetic, sound in the form of the ubiquitously, unpalatably, uncreative muzak pumped into each train. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: New Zealand Dispatch.] Reference
Slovakia's elections on Sept. 21 have not garnered much media attention, but NATO and the European Union are keenly interested: if the unpalatably extreme former prime minister Vladimir Meciar manages to reclaim his office, Slovakia will be unwelcome in either organization. From Wordnik.com. [Right? Left? Center!] Reference
The US Navy set the purchase price for the submarines at 4 times the going world rate, making them unpalatably expensive, and refused to give Taiwan and co-manufacturing on the projects, resulting in a bipartisan missive signed by over 130 Taiwan legislators asking for local co-production. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
German professional mind inclines to be contemptuous of any learning that is not unpalatably dry. From Wordnik.com. [Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View] Reference
As Robbe-Grillet defined and explained it in his famous 1963 essay, was high art at its unpalatably highest. From Wordnik.com. [Experimental Fiction] Reference
Customers complained that the white-bean hummus and pita was "thick and spongy," the flatbread pizza unpalatably "chewy.". From Wordnik.com. [Fast Company] Reference
No doubt of it but the man played a friendly part; no doubt also that, in his ill-temper and anxiety, he expressed himself unpalatably. From Wordnik.com. [St. Ives, Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England] Reference
To maximise the washing up, I have to whisk in the rest by hand; otherwise, apparently, my dressing will become unpalatably thick and gloopy. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
You wouldn't think that crispy-skinned Middle White pork belly on almond skordalia & buttered kale with moromi miso & tarragon dressing would be unpalatably sweet. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
I think he's probably referring solely to native oysters (Ostrea edulis), which spawn in the summer months and become thin and unpalatably creamy rather than actually dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
He was so eloquent in his discourse and so full of that divine spark of enthusiasm, that he was always listened to, no matter how unpalatably Tory the basic principles of his utterances were. From Wordnik.com. [Halcyone] Reference
If, after an hour of simmering, the water tastes unpalatably salty, discard most of it (but not the stock veg) and top up with fresh boiling water - this will help to reduce the saltiness of the cooked ham. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
This was unpalatably true. From Wordnik.com. [A Chair on the Boulevard] Reference
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