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Recent Examples of unflattering
That won’t really hurt the Cubs’ bottom line — Wrigley Field is Wrigley Field and the Cubs have a much larger fan base — but a wealthy Sox owner would put a cost-conscious Cubs ownership in an unflattering light in Chicago.
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Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Hunter Biden subsequently entered a surprise guilty plea last September to federal tax charges, averting a trial that would have showcased potentially lurid evidence on top of the salacious and unflattering details about his personal life aired during his earlier trial in Delaware.
—Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
The selection committee tends to take an unflattering view of teams that load up on cream puffs.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
One is unflattering of the lead; the other is a damning indictment of the director and his project.
—Giancarlo Sopo, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
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Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Hunter Biden subsequently entered a surprise guilty plea last September to federal tax charges, averting a trial that would have showcased potentially lurid evidence on top of the salacious and unflattering details about his personal life aired during his earlier trial in Delaware.
—Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
The selection committee tends to take an unflattering view of teams that load up on cream puffs.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
One is unflattering of the lead; the other is a damning indictment of the director and his project.
—Giancarlo Sopo, IndieWire, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unflattering
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In her home state, about 4 in 10 New York voters in the November election viewed her favorably while about the same share had an unfavorable opinion, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of the 2024 electorate.—
Jonathan J. Cooper and Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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This combination of company-specific issues and unfavorable market sentiment has driven CRWD stock down approximately 20% from its February peak, returning to around $360 per share.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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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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Ye has been in a public spiral in recent months, frequently posting derogatory, days-long rants about Jewish people and even selling T-shirts branded with swastikas through his online store.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Historic barriers Examples include lack of mentors, lack of female role models, gender bias, derogatory behavior in the workplace, unequal growth opportunities, lesser wage scenarios, and more.—
Paige Francis,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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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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There were reports for a decade that his defection was imminent and even an erroneous report by a major outlet that a defection had happened.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Children’s Health Defense is an organization founded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been criticized for his mixed and erroneous messaging about the ongoing measles outbreak, the largest in six years.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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By contrast, Russia’s own inertial guidance backups tend to be inaccurate.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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In addition, prosecutors told their supervisors in a memo that the show had edited footage of the investigation out of chronological order, generating an inaccurate depiction of what happened.—
Jessica Lussenhop,
ProPublica,
29 Mar. 2025
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But Platt’s supporters said that was untrue and defended his leadership of the city’s 4,000-plus employees.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
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All board members were fully informed of this decision and present during these discussions, and any claims to the contrary are simply untrue.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Mar. 2025
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Is that commercial piece the most objectionable part of the package?—
Peter Sullivan,
Axios,
24 Feb. 2025
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Powell understood the inherent unpredictability of military intervention, especially against a regime that, while objectionable, might be the one thing binding a society together.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Unflattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unflattering. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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