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unpalatability

unpalatability

8.6
A bad taste that makes you not want to eat something
  • noun
  • /ˌʌnˌpælɪˈtæbɪlɪti/
translation icon : desagradabilidad
  • Many animals avoid plants with high levels of unpalatability to stay safe from predators.

Examples

  • The unpalatability of the dish made it hard for anyone to finish their meal.

  • Whether some insects have adjusted their eating patterns or whether trees have tailored their patterns of unpalatability accordingly remains to be investigated.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The unpalatability of the new medicine led to numerous complaints from the patients.

Synonyms

unpalatableness
vsunpalatability
9.1

A quality of food or drink that tastes bad

is the same taste meaning expressed in a different word form
unappetizingness
vsunpalatability
9.3

A quality of food that makes people not want to eat it

is focused on taste unpleasantness rather than appetite appeal
unsavoriness
vsunpalatability
  • US
8.8

A very unpleasant taste or smell that makes you reject food

is similar but refers only to taste without smell
sickeningness
vsunpalatability
9.4

A strong feeling of disgust caused by a bad taste, often from food or drink

is less emotional and denotes plain unpleasant taste
distastefulness
vsunpalatability
6.1

Being unpleasant or offensive and making people feel dislike

is limited to unpleasant taste rather than broad offence

Antonyms

palatability
6.6

How pleasant food or drink tastes

How Tasty

tastiness
1 1.2
unpalatability
8.6

Surface Forms

unpalatability singular
unpalatabilities plural

Morphology

unpalatability = unpalatable (transparent) = un + palat + able + ity

The noun is a regular nominalization of the adjective 'unpalatable' using '-ity'.

Etymology

Unpalatability is made from un- 'not' and palatable, which comes from palate meaning 'roof of the mouth'. So it describes food that is 'not pleasant to the taste'.