unsavory

Not savory; without flavor.

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: […]

Making an activity undesirable.

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, […]