unflattering

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Recent Examples of unflattering Or a fairly normal young person, doing some fairly normal growing up, his every thought subjected to an unflattering X-ray vision? Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 11 May 2025 Forbes is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Standing in for a Dani Olmo that has been unflattering in his last two outings, Fermin Lopez is the CAM flanked by Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres. Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025 Jones finished tied for second in that unflattering category with 11 sacks allowed. Mike Defabo, New York Times, 29 May 2025 The book also describes King Charles and Queen Camilla leaking unflattering stories about Prince William and Kate Middleton to the press. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unflattering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unflattering
Adjective
  • Macroeconomic Vulnerability Broadcom’s stock has exhibited lower resilience during unfavorable market conditions compared to the overall market.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • The deal allegedly promised Netanyahu positive coverage in Mozes’ newspaper Yediot Ahronoth while the Israeli Prime Minister would consider legislation unfavorable to rival newspaper Israel Hayom.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • The sports community has rallied around Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte after a fan brought him to tears with derogatory comments about his late mother during the team’s 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field on Tuesday.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
  • Diamondbacks All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte was seen in tears on the field after a spectator yelled a derogatory comment about his late mother during an at-bat in Arizona's game against the White Sox on Tuesday night in Chicago.
    CBS News, CBS News, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Prior to appearing on Cunningham's show on Monday, Huggins made more disparaging remarks about Xavier.
    Emily DeLetter, The Enquirer, 10 May 2023
Adjective
  • However, this setup is relatively inflexible, as minor displacements or changes require recalibration, often resulting in erroneous test results.
    Prasad Banala, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Thursday, the Cubs jumped the gun and announced the new pope was a fan on their Wrigley Field marquee after an erroneous report on ABC.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • Along with his father and grandfather, Bambino gets to work sweeping up the stars in a cute, but wildly inaccurate, explanation for the phases of the Moon.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 20 June 2025
  • Board President Jodie Williams disagreed with Allman that the document was inaccurate, noting it had been prepared with guidance from the county.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Indeed, Richard Condrey, who as an ecologist at Louisiana State University in the 1980s led the panel that set national redfish policy, notes that the whole idea that land loss must trigger a collapse in fish stocks remains speculative—not untrue, necessarily, just difficult to prove.
    Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
  • Without them, we’re left with tripe, something unrelatable and unattainable, worst of all: untrue.
    Brendan O’Meara June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • And the government routinely prosecuted people for saying things, or for producing art, that regulators or law enforcement found objectionable.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2025
  • Costumes can’t be offensive, violent or objectionable (even if that sounds like a deadringer description of Deadpool).
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 June 2025

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“Unflattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unflattering. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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