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unpalatability

unpalatability

1 8.6
A bad taste that makes you not want to eat something
  • noun
  • /ˌʌnˌpælɪˈtæbɪlɪti/
: 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

distastefulness
vsunpalatability
1 6.1

Being unpleasant or offensive and making people feel dislike

is limited to unpleasant taste rather than broad offence
unsavoriness
vsunpalatability
  • US
1 8.8

A very unpleasant taste or smell that makes you reject food

is similar but refers only to taste without smell
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
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

Antonyms

palatability
1 6.6

How pleasant food or drink tastes

How Tasty

tastiness
1 1.2
palatability
1 6.6
unpalatability
1 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'.