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1 unsavoury character
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2 unsavoury
unsavory [ʌn'seɪvərɪ] aggettivo [ business] sgradevole; [ individual] ripugnante; [ object] brutto; [ smell] disgustoso* * *(very unpleasant or disgusting: I have heard some unsavoury stories about that man.) disgustoso* * *unsavoury, ( USA) unsavory /ʌnˈseɪvərɪ/a.1 insipido; senza sapore2 (fig.) sgradevole; brutto: an unsavoury character, un brutto carattere; an unsavoury reputation, una cattiva reputazione.* * *unsavory [ʌn'seɪvərɪ] aggettivo [ business] sgradevole; [ individual] ripugnante; [ object] brutto; [ smell] disgustoso -
3 unsavoury un·sa·voury
(character, business, activity) equivoco (-a), losco (-a), (place, district, reputation) poco raccomandabile, (appearance) sgradevole -
4 unsavory
tr[ʌn'seɪvərɪ]1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL→ link=unsavoury unsavoury{adj.• desabrido, -a adj.• indeseable adj.• insípido, -a adj.• repugnante adj.• soso, -a adj.(US) ['ʌn'seɪvǝrɪ]ADJ [person] indeseable; [remark etc] desagradable, repugnante* * * -
5 disreputable
[dɪs'repjʊtəbl]1) (unsavoury) [ person] poco raccomandabile, di cattiva reputazione; [ place] malfamato; [ behaviour] disdicevole, scorretto3) (discredited) [ method] screditato* * *[-'repju-]1) (not respectable, especially in appearance: a disreputable old coat.) indecoroso2) (of bad reputation: He's rather a disreputable character.) malfamato* * *disreputable /dɪsˈrɛpjʊtəbl/a.2 ( di persona) losco, equivoco: a disreputable businessman, un losco affarista; He mixed with some very disreputable characters, frequentava personaggi molto equivocidisreputableness n. [u] disreputably avv.* * *[dɪs'repjʊtəbl]1) (unsavoury) [ person] poco raccomandabile, di cattiva reputazione; [ place] malfamato; [ behaviour] disdicevole, scorretto3) (discredited) [ method] screditato
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