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un-PAL-uh-t-uh-bl/ʌnˈpælətəbl/

Unpalatable means unpleasant to taste, or hard to accept: an unpalatable empty n, unpalatable methods. Unpleasant (already in the dictionary) is everyday; a bitter caption is still a hole.

Meaning

Unpleasant to taste, or hard to accept (from unpleasant, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “An unpalatable empty n is still a methods hole; a caption will not save it.”
• “Unpleasant is already in this course. Distasteful is the close twin. A caption is comms. A cell is a count. Put the number in; then keep the caption if the finding still stands.”

Good to know

Hard to accept or swallow. Everyday: unpleasant (already in the dictionary). A caption ≠ a filled n.

Near in meaning

distasteful, unpleasant, hard to swallow

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