Any man or machine in possession of all the facts could make a simple prediction; but the word had unpleasant associations.

The color black has unpleasant associations, reminding her of matters better left forgotten.

It is true that driving a car has unpleasant associations for me.

And it's not just daughters of broken homes for whom married life carries unpleasant associations.

A broken one, denotes that you will be rid of unpleasant associations.

This seemed to suggest some unpleasant associations to him.

You're out of it now, away from Kincora and all its unpleasant associations.

The cloth smelled like the woman, but it had neither pleasant nor unpleasant associations for him.

All other beach resorts had been ruined for him by the unpleasant association.

Genji was beginning to think that it might in fact be possible to "forget unpleasant associations."