unlikable
adjective
un·lik·able
ˌən-ˈlī-kə-bəl 
variants
or less commonly unlikeable
: not having pleasant or appealing qualities : not likable
an utterly unlikable character
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Much of The Pitt's success comes courtesy of its ensemble, which includes a motley crew of seasoned residents, insecure medical students, brassy nurses, and unlikable administrators.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
Dave Franco and Alison Brie are ferociously game as a wildly unlikable couple whose move to a quiet farmhouse turns codependency into a sticky literal battle that’s impossible to ignore.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
And Seehorn’s performance, basically playing an unlikable jerk, is amazing.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Macfadyen especially allows Guiteau to walk a challenging tightrope, discomfiting and intensely unlikable but never exactly unmoored from reality, never too far gone into easy, inhuman evil.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
Dave Franco and Alison Brie are ferociously game as a wildly unlikable couple whose move to a quiet farmhouse turns codependency into a sticky literal battle that’s impossible to ignore.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
And Seehorn’s performance, basically playing an unlikable jerk, is amazing.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Macfadyen especially allows Guiteau to walk a challenging tightrope, discomfiting and intensely unlikable but never exactly unmoored from reality, never too far gone into easy, inhuman evil.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Unlikable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unlikable. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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