Adjective : an unsavory meal. ,Poor teachers can make education unsavory. ,an unsavory past; an unsavory person.    From Dictionary.com. 

Does Mexico have a monopoly on unsavoriness in politics?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference

But as big-power misbehavior and unsavoriness go, are these really so unprecedented?.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Mao to Wow!] Reference

As recently as last month, the term "nuclear apartheid," in all its unsavoriness, reared its ugly head again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russ Wellen: Is "It's Not Fair" a Childish Response to Being Denied Nuclear Weapons?] Reference

Sorry, I much be feeling twisted and nauseating this morning to contemplate such coarsely unfunny unsavoriness.    From Wordnik.com.  ["End of the Affair: Barack Obama and the press break up."] Reference

Over the past few months, Robinson has pointed out what he believes to be the unsavoriness of parts of Clinton's campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Privately Urging Her Pledged Delegates To Vote For Obama At Convention] Reference

The mess over Capistrano and the general unsavoriness of this batch of tourists combined to push me into abysses of gloom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up The Line]

Guilt By AssociationA frequent Corsi tactic is to point to some link between Obama and various unsavory persons and to imply that Obama somehow shares in their unsavoriness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corsi's Dull Hatchet] Reference

From the main road half a mile away you will see only the slanting roof, half concealed by rolling pasture land, but if you will trouble to turn off from the main road, and if you will not be daunted by the unsavoriness of the immediate neighborhood, you will find it quite worth your while.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth] Reference

The writer Michael Kinsley, sardonically noting the extent to which press organizations that used to invite prominent government officials to be their guests at Washington's ritual spring press banquets now prize guests whose fame rests on their notoriety as popsies, lawbreakers and figures of general unsavoriness, sums up the mindless, annual post-banquet boast as: "We had Hitler at our table!".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art Of The Snub] Reference

B. Smith would use to describe rumored unsavoriness with that other lifestyle uber-guru.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

And this lack or media coverage of Obama's unsavoriness is ultimately what led to his aascent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atlas Shrugs] Reference

"Quite," agreed the Vrouw Grobelaar, with a perfect unconsciousness of the unsavoriness of the suggestion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories] Reference

He was silent for a moment as in painful contemplation of the unsavoriness and folly of the unpopular Smiley.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories] Reference

Burris 'unsavoriness, real or perceived, doesn't rise to the level of wrongdoing that has inspired senators-past to expel 15 members or to censure nine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago Defender] Reference

Despite the unsavoriness of coming up with such a staggering sum just to hand it to an already-wealthy egomaniac, the work the farmers do to secure the funds is awe-inspiring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Feministe] Reference

Once the Derby has been run, and that unholy spectacle retired for a year, the inexorable trot toward increased scumminess and the restoration of American horse racing's signature unsavoriness begins.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

THE noise of a coffee-mill, operated in a very energetic manner by one of the daughters of the house, and the yelling of half a dozen ill-conditioned dogs, disturbed my slumbers in the morning, at an hour when I fain would have kept possession of my couch, in spite of its unsavoriness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures, and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army. In Which Is Given Full Descriptions of the Numerous Battles in which She Participated as a Confederate Officer; of Her Perilous Performances as a Spy, as a Bearer of Despatches, as a Secret-Service Agent, and as a Blockade-Runner; of Her Adventures Behind the Scenes at Washington, including the Bond Swindle; of her Career as a Bounty and Substitute Broker in New York; of Her Travels in Europe and South America; Her Mining Adventures on the Pacific Slope; Her Residence among the Mormons; Her Love Affairs, Courtships, Marriages, &c., &c.] Reference

It was astonishing because while it was withered and wrinkled with marks of past years which had once stamped their reckless unsavoriness upon its every line, some strange redeeming thing had happened to it and its expression was that of a creature to whom the opening of a door could only mean the entrance -- the tumbling in as it were -- of hopes realized.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dawn of a To-morrow] Reference