unsavoury in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for unsavoury in the English»French Dictionary

unsavoury Brit, unsavory Am [Brit ʌnˈseɪv(ə)ri, Am ˌənˈseɪv(ə)ri] ADJ

unsavoury business, individual

louche, répugnant

unsavoury object, smell

peu appétissant

it's all very unsavoury

c'est assez répugnant

Translations for unsavoury in the French»English Dictionary

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infréquentable

unsavoury

malpropre individu, conduite, manœuvres

unsavoury Brit

malpropre

unsavoury individual Brit

peu ou pas très ragoûtant affaire

rather unsavoury Brit

avoir de bonnes/mauvaises lectures (jugement moral)

to read edifying/unsavoury books

personne pas nette

unsavoury person

triste personnage

unsavoury Brit

des affaires pas très propres

unsavoury business + vb sing

un individu des moins recommandables

a most unsavoury individual

unsavoury in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for unsavoury in the English»French Dictionary

unsavory ADJ Am, Aus, unsavoury [ˌʌnˈseɪvərɪ] ADJ Brit, Aus

1. unsavory (unpleasant):

unsavory

déplaisant(e)

2. unsavory (disgusting):

unsavory

dégoûtant(e)

3. unsavory (socially offensive):

unsavory

louche

Translations for unsavoury in the French»English Dictionary

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scabreux (-euse) conversation, histoire, allusion

unsavoury

triste sire pej

unsavoury [or unsavory Am] character

être peu ragoûtant personne

to be rather unsavoury [or unsavory Am]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The three continual councillors went on to acquire an unsavoury reputation.

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Especially in international football, such lopsided results are seen as unsavoury, even if they are honest.

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Like many families around them, they must survive in unsavoury surroundings.

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The former encourages that unsavoury brand of political correctness which takes the refusal to criticise other cultures to the extreme of condoning murderous dictatorship and barbaric practices.

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He is beset with nausea and later humiliated when strangers on a bus detect an unsavoury scent on him.

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She also has a horror of anyone in her distinguished family marrying inappropriately, and spends much of her time trying to keep nieces and nephews away from unsavoury types.

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Apart from the unsavoury working conditions of the dust people, it sounds like an environmental win-win.

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His campaign included trying to win an unwilling public to the advantages of cremation over burial, and he quite freely shared unsavoury stories of what happened in certain crowded graveyards.

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In the process, he unknowingly gets to know a group of unsavoury characters who promise to help him in his goals.

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There were over 240 people in residence and the manor waxed unsavoury.

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