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Recent Examples of unlikable
Best known for his role as Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg has a knack for portraying complex, somewhat unlikable characters.
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airmail.news, 2 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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airmail.news, 2 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
See all Example Sentences for unlikable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlikable
Adjective
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If ever there was a time to eat your peas, asparagus and a buffet table of other detestable vegetables, Friday was it.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2025
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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
Adjective
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This is such utterly despicable and dangerous self-dealing.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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Nullification is a step toward repeating a despicable event.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
19 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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He was convicted of financial card fraud in 1990, theft by check twice in 1990, two counts of issuing a worthless check in 1994, theft by check in 1994, four counts of theft by swindle in October 2002 and one count two months later.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Under Mike Ashley’s ownership, Newcastle were so rarely in the hat for cups that headwear of any sort was a worthless luxury.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In other cases, governments lack either the capacity or the will to track down the deceased’s next of kin, especially for the remains of people deemed unworthy or undeserving of protection to begin with.—
Tyler McBrien,
The Dial,
28 Jan. 2025
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When a hotel is far from an airport, sometimes the long journey makes the destination seem unworthy of the trip.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Travel + Leisure,
26 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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This is due to Emilia Pérez lead Karla Sofía Gascón’s highly offensive and frankly vile tweets unearthed from several years back, which first emerged late last week.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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The verdict: Its flavor was nothing short of despicably vile, which made Orly’s nail-biting polish both a gift and a curse along my journey to end my bad habit.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Many would consider such behaviors deplorable, but not those Christians, who overwhelmingly voted for such a person to be President of the United States.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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These scare tactics are deplorable and are solely to put a target on the backs of public servants.—
Oumou Fofana,
Essence,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Unlikable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlikable. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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