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Recent Examples of unflattering
Every unflattering photo and uncouth inside joke will come to light.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
As America attempts to reclaim its pride by whitewashing its unflattering histories, Springsteen’s struggle to balance light and dark on these pointedly American recordings is tremendously poignant.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
The straps, the color, the fabric, everything about it was unflattering.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
The camera angle, looking up, shows an unflattering view of his neck.
—Nicole Russell, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
As America attempts to reclaim its pride by whitewashing its unflattering histories, Springsteen’s struggle to balance light and dark on these pointedly American recordings is tremendously poignant.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
The straps, the color, the fabric, everything about it was unflattering.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
The camera angle, looking up, shows an unflattering view of his neck.
—Nicole Russell, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unflattering
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With 27% favorable and 16% unfavorable opinions among Republicans, more than half of them don't know enough to form an opinion.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
6 Nov. 2025
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The pressure dialed up by Minnesota, along with costly penalties, put this offense in unfavorable spots throughout the game.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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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 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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On Friday, Angels lawyer Stephen Ladsous showed Tarter his X account, which had multiple retweets of derogatory posts about team owner Arte Moreno.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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In a May 2025 interview with the Daily Mail, Davis denied talking about his political views or using derogatory language around Stause.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Emily’s father didn’t say it in a disparaging way—more like That was just Ryan.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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And there would be lots of soldiers around, either Army or National Guard, and the people who were civilians would be young people, very disparaging about the military.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Patients who received the erroneous letters can contact MaineHealth’s patient relations department to confirm their status — alive and well — and ensure their records remain accurate.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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So that's completely erroneous.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Joy Buolamwini, a computer scientist at MIT Media Lab, has written extensively on the dangers of inaccurate and racially biased facial recognition systems.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Gemini integration naturally raises concerns about the chatbot hallucinating inaccurate information.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Alex has apparently not seen the series but has heard about it and says what viewers are watching is untrue, according to the statement.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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These included the claim that Barack Obama had put Clooney up to it, which Clooney said is untrue.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Why is this behavior objectionable to you?—
NPR,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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Again, nothing objectionable about that on the surface, but the targets of potential prosecution hardly suggest an even-handed approach.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Unflattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unflattering. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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