an unsavoury business

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• unsavoury — BrE, unsavory AmE adjective unpleasant or morally unacceptable: I hope that ends the whole unsavoury business. | unsavoury light: The latest revelations show the actor in a very unsavoury light. | unsavoury character (=an unpleasant and dishonest …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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