adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
truth
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This disenchantment reflects an unpalatable truth about their country.
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Until people are unequivocally taught this unpalatable truth there can be no preaching of good news.
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The unpalatable truth , it seems, doesn't pay.
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The unpalatable truth was that his absence hurt her.
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And that, Dougal told himself, was the cold, unpalatable truth .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Senator Long tends to avoid unpalatable social issues.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a consequence land has become unproductive as unpalatable weeds have replaced nutritious fodder.
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Berg tapped into the unpalatable side of public opinion, becoming addicted to verbal wind-ups and hostility with fatal results.
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But boiling the grain was a laborious process and produced an unpalatable mush.
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If we had more courage at Goodison in facing up to the truth unpalatable though it may be things might begin to improve.
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Such an acknowledgment would tend to lead to either of two equally unpalatable conclusions.
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The idea of an activity solely related to trying to raise money was at that stage an unpalatable one.
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The previous day he had rejected an offering of hard yellow lentil seeds which we had found unpalatable and difficult to cook.
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The unlucky federal judge in whose court the suit is brought is faced with a number of equally unpalatable choices.