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Recent Examples of unflattering
Punishing officials because facts are unflattering degrades trust and calls future reliability into question.
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Phillip Molnar, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
An unflattering review in the New York Times was followed by reports of staff turmoil and the decision to reinstate tipping, effectively raising the prices of the restaurant.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
Your bandmates said some unflattering things about you in the press before that.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2023, Adam revealed that Frankie often collects unflattering screenshots during their FaceTime calls.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Phillip Molnar, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
An unflattering review in the New York Times was followed by reports of staff turmoil and the decision to reinstate tipping, effectively raising the prices of the restaurant.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
Your bandmates said some unflattering things about you in the press before that.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2023, Adam revealed that Frankie often collects unflattering screenshots during their FaceTime calls.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unflattering
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According to a Pew Research Center survey, half of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of the Supreme Court.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The latest national polls from groups like Reuters/Ipsos, Civiqs, AP/NORC, Gallup and more have the president's overall approval rating marked as unfavorable once again.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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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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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's legal team asked a federal judge on Thursday to issue a gag order blocking Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from making derogatory comments about him in public.—
Sonam Sheth
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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The platform monitored students’ conversations for derogatory insults and offered fact-checking in real time.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 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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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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One subject of a Raffi Khatchadourian piece complained that multiple details about his life were made up and demanded to know what idiot had given Khatchadourian the erroneous details.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Dispute Errors on Your Credit Report Check your credit reports and double check there aren’t any erroneous negative items listed.—
Jim Wang,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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That is a silly and inaccurate oversimplification.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Excess heat can harm the oven's thermostat and heating elements, leading to inaccurate temperature readings and possible permanent damage, along with a fire risk.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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Not every person owes the world an explanation when untrue rumors about them spread.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Even more strikingly, Netanyahu falsely claimed that the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, had already passed a bill recognizing the Armenian genocide—a statement that is entirely untrue.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The team consults the Urban Dictionary for meanings of less common terms and reviews an internal document of objectionable configurations.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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The team consults the Urban Dictionary for meanings of less common terms and reviews an internal document of objectionable configurations.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Unflattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unflattering. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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