unsavory

adj

1. (US)Not savory; without flavor.
2. (US)Of bad taste; distasteful.

   “The little Pieces of Beef vvere like Plums in our Hodg-podg. Indeed 'tvvas not fit to be eaten any other vvay; for tho' it did not ſtink, yet it vvas very unſavory and black, vvithout the leaſt ſign of Fat in it: […]”

3. (US)Making an activity undesirable.
4. (US)Disreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character.

   “His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.”

   “[G]ood ſalt cannot relyſh in ſo vnſauory a mouth, […]”

   “The case against Khela rested primarily on the testimony of two unsavoury witnesses, [who] had lengthy criminal records and [...] were members of a prison-based gang.”