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Recent Examples of unlikable
At the start of the series, Kelly Taylor, played by Jennie Garth, was the unlikable character, but that opinion changed, and Brenda became the girl audiences hated on.
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Shamani Salahuddin, The Tennessean, 15 July 2024
The problem is not that Jacob is inherently unlikable.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
Pearson was an unlikable figure, eager to meddle in policymaking and often overbearing.
—W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
There’s probably not much to be done there — Gerrard is deeply unlikable!
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Shamani Salahuddin, The Tennessean, 15 July 2024
The problem is not that Jacob is inherently unlikable.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
Pearson was an unlikable figure, eager to meddle in policymaking and often overbearing.
—W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
There’s probably not much to be done there — Gerrard is deeply unlikable!
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unlikable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlikable
Adjective
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What’s more, a loss at Hell in a Cell could also force McIntyre to become an even more detestable heel in the weeks and months ahead.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes,
5 Oct. 2024
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As if being Jewish had become something really murky, vaguely suspect, possibly detestable.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Nullification is a step toward repeating a despicable event.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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The despicable crime perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October 2023 is still very real to all of us.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Despite his more contemptible tendencies of the past decade, Chappelle is a tremendously gifted stand-up at heart, and these sprawling monologues are always exciting.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
19 Jan. 2025
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Fiona Shaw is so perfectly contemptible throughout those scenes on the sailboat, rendering Angelica so completely self-absorbed and so cruel, that her likely death feels like an immediate relief.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In text messages from August 2022 produced in the suit, Ruiz indicates that the amount was to be paid in a pre-set amount of company stock that was worth less at that point and is practically worthless now.—
Ben Wieder and,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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Some celebrities have been accused of operating pump-and-dump schemes with their coins, using their social media following to artificially inflate the value of these coins before cashing in their large holdings and rendering the coins worthless.—
Ben Dandridge-Lemco,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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He wasn’t stranded on an unworthy roster as a rookie the way Bedard was.—
Mark Lazerus,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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While the company, its car dealers, factory workers and white-collar engineers were all urging Congress to back Chrysler, news outlets aired interviews with people who denounced the auto industry and criticized the company as unworthy of a government loan.—
Phoebe Wall Howard,
Detroit Free Press,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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No wonder the film nabbed so many Oscar nominations: Academy members are always going to want their cinematic Mexico to be a pitiable hellhole in need of salvation and a reminder to change its errant ways, a trope that goes back to the days of Manifest Destiny.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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The series’ pitiable ghost is Kayako (Takako Fuji), at the receiving end of violence in life, prone to continue inflicting violence on others in death.—
Gayle Sequeira,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Alexander Basara and his fiancée, Ally Keller, attended Sunday’s game in Philadelphia, but their experience supporting their team was soured when an Eagles fan, identified as Ryan Caldwell, lashed out at Keller and Basara in a vile tirade.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The vile act prompted Hodges to snatch a plastic bottle and hurl it at the suspect, who dodged the drink and then drew a knife, the deli worker said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Full of speculation about if the Shawn Levy-helmed ‘Merc with a mouth’ movie was mocking Baldoni with its intentionally deplorable Nicepool character, the correspondence also promised more lawsuits.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
18 Jan. 2025
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The deplorable conditions the hostages have faced should make your blood boil.—
Doug Friednash,
The Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2025
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