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Recent Examples of unflattering
Your actions and your words seem to diverge in unflattering ways.
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Rob Davis, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2024
The other side: Ayotte's ads have put an unflattering spotlight on the state's largest city, Manchester, where Craig was mayor from 2018 to the beginning of this year.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Trump’s interactions with his late brother Freddy (Charlie Carrick) are, to put it mildly, unflattering (though pale in comparison with how Freddy is treated by his father).
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
The consequences are dire indeed, with Uncle Phil (James Avery) losing business, Ashley (Tatyana Ali) breaking her ankle, Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) dyeing his hair an unflattering shade of blonde for a Macaulay Culkin costume gone wrong and Aunt Vivian (Janet Hubert) kicking Will out of the house.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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Rob Davis, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2024
The other side: Ayotte's ads have put an unflattering spotlight on the state's largest city, Manchester, where Craig was mayor from 2018 to the beginning of this year.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Trump’s interactions with his late brother Freddy (Charlie Carrick) are, to put it mildly, unflattering (though pale in comparison with how Freddy is treated by his father).
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
The consequences are dire indeed, with Uncle Phil (James Avery) losing business, Ashley (Tatyana Ali) breaking her ankle, Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) dyeing his hair an unflattering shade of blonde for a Macaulay Culkin costume gone wrong and Aunt Vivian (Janet Hubert) kicking Will out of the house.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unflattering
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SiriusXM has been grappling with subscriber losses and unfavorable demographic shifts.Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, roughly half of Americans have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of Musk, which is also similar to the amount of Americans who view Trump negatively.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Though the pollen gunk will pass, he's concerned by a contingent of Twitter trolls who've shared uncomplimentary reviews of his recent North American tour.Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 21 Jan. 2022
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Neither party admitted to liability and each agreed to refrain from making disparaging, negative or uncomplimentary statements about the other, the document said.Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2022
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Though the term began with derogatory origins, it has since been reclaimed, with many female BL fans both in Japan and around the world self-identifying as fujoshi.James Factora, Them, 19 Dec. 2024
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In a video posted Thursday on the social platform X, Mace referred to the protesters by using an offensive and derogatory slur for transgender people and read the Miranda rule into a bullhorn outside the Capitol Police Department.Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
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The 2023 Economic Report Of The President published in March of 2023 was relatively disparaging of cryptoassets and DLTs.Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Prior to appearing on Cunningham's show on Monday, Huggins made more disparaging remarks about Xavier.Emily DeLetter, The Enquirer, 10 May 2023
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On the other, her disobedience results from her gullibility and erroneous reason.Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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In a statement accompanying its quarterly earnings results, the department store chain said a single employee responsible for small package delivery expense accounting had intentionally created erroneous cost entries from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024.Rob Wile, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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However, these decisions also tend to be more inaccurate.Shanna Apitz, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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In a deal announced on December 14, ABC News agreed to pay the sum toward Trump's presidential library and issue a public apology in order to settle a defamation lawsuit over inaccurate statements made by anchor George Stephanopoulos during a broadcast earlier this year.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Today, this is simply untrue, as trade industries can’t keep up with the demand.Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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To suggest our agents were anything less than professional in the lawful execution of this search warrant is patently untrue.Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2024
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While objectionable levels of risk have accrued in the past, the housing finance system has operated much more soundly in recent years.Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Gaetz was the most objectionable among a group of nominees who would have faced immediate disqualification during an earlier era.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Unflattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unflattering. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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