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Recent Examples of unflattering
This month, Torstensson shot back in New York Supreme Court, suing for custody of their 7-year-old son and painting Massenet in an unflattering light.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
The Kimmel controversy underscores how politicized opinions and comments around Kirk’s murder have become, with high-profile campaigns urging employers to fire people who make comments perceived as unflattering about Kirk.
—Ana Nicolaci Da Costa, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
DiCaprio personally picked the unflattering shades.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
If that’s true, recent changes to its format offer an unflattering assessment of the country’s aspiring scholars.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
The Kimmel controversy underscores how politicized opinions and comments around Kirk’s murder have become, with high-profile campaigns urging employers to fire people who make comments perceived as unflattering about Kirk.
—Ana Nicolaci Da Costa, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
DiCaprio personally picked the unflattering shades.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
If that’s true, recent changes to its format offer an unflattering assessment of the country’s aspiring scholars.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unflattering
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With Dart now the starter in New York, however, Ward will need to overcome unfavorable surroundings and orchestrate a Titans turnaround to stay in the top spot.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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After an unfavorable appeals court decision in December, Nasdaq stopped mandating companies disclose their board gender and diversity stats.—
Julia Boorstin,
CNBC,
30 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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Clark, who hasn’t played a game since July 15 because of a groin injury that ended her season, was dragged into the spotlight because of derogatory remarks made about her by WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The videos also include made up audio of Schumer making derogatory comments about immigrants, as mariachi music played in the background.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 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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Engineers outfitted the device with a heater to melt ice in the winter, a customization that should improve accuracy during Arizona’s freeze-thaw cycles that have long created erroneous measurements.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Vedra and other debt law experts said a high rate of default judgments indicates a system that favors the pursuers over the pursued — and increases the chances someone will be harmed by an erroneous bill.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, social media sleuths shared inaccurate information and a man was detained after allegedly trying to drive through a barricade near the church.—
Dave Boucher,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Others were related to the actual content of the courses, such as a school that used a curriculum that included inaccurate information about permissible blood-alcohol levels for drivers and another school that provided students with answers to final exam questions in advance.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Pushed to extremes While footage and photographs of starving Palestinians in Gaza have horrified audiences abroad, inside Israel they have been dismissed by many as manipulated or untrue.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Even so, the theory that nuclear families are the saving grace for Black children reigns supreme, albeit untrue.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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The objectionable programs in that case were not the Republican-baiting precincts of late-night television but the social taboo-breaking entertainments of Three’s Company, All in the Family and Knots Landing.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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Slice these glands away, cutting down to the bone to be sure of removing all objectionable material.—
Maurice H. Decker,
Outdoor Life,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Unflattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unflattering. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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