- 1(of facts, ideas, etc.) unpleasant and not easy to accept synonym distasteful Only then did I learn the unpalatable truth.
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- 2not pleasant to taste unpalatable food The insects store this chemical in their bodies in order to make themselves unpalatable to predators. opposite palatable
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