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Recent Examples of unlikable
And his characters, while eminently unlikable, all have flashes of tragic humanity.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
But sometimes your child has a friend who goes beyond unlikable.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 14 Apr. 2025
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.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
And some are just plain unlikable, like Logan Paul.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
But sometimes your child has a friend who goes beyond unlikable.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 14 Apr. 2025
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.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
And some are just plain unlikable, like Logan Paul.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unlikable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlikable
Adjective
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But the context, circumstances and lack of reflection made his this detestable being.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 Aug. 2025
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As stated earlier, there may not be anything more detestable to the Commanders' faithful than former Cowboys.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Foster, who was so good as Henry Haft in another brutal boxing story The Survivor, here is on the other side playing a despicable man who fortunately now in real life is in prison.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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But between the individual Smurfs, the deliciously despicable Gargamel, and his equally evil cat Azrael, the series kept the kids coming back for nine seasons, creating enough fond memories to turn the Smurfs into a film franchise three decades later.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The death of Pope Francis, sadly, has not escaped the attention of these truly contemptible criminals.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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At the time, some of LeBron’s critics saw this as contemptible.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The energy department said wind and solar capacity is 'worthless' without sunlight or wind.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Overnight, many of those owners saw their wealth erased — their principal assets rendered worthless.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The real fiends were the ones who perverted science, who attacked this misunderstood giant out of fear, who branded him as something unholy and unworthy to exist, who gave him life but didn’t give him love.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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The brain is surrounded by a layer of tightly joined cells, called the blood-brain barrier, that acts as a bouncer turning away any substances deemed unworthy of accessing our most precious resource.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Beau, played hapless and pitiable by Joaquin Phoenix, can’t go five minutes without dodging violent street punks, or fielding calls from his emotionally abusive mother, or narrowly escaping gunfire.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 July 2025
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The Disability Culture Lab strives to change such narratives from pitiable to dignified by advising journalists on portraying disabled mindsets, pitching pieces involving disability issues, hiring disabled journalists to tell stories more authentically, and connecting journalists to experts.—
Alan Schwarz,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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What's more, monsters like Alex Jones, the vile conspiracy theorist, claimed the shooting never happened and that the families of the victims were actors.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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His motives seemed as vile as his actions.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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The charges come after officials described deplorable living conditions in the home, news outlets reported.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the onset of the rainy season has exacerbated already deplorable conditions, transforming dust into thick sludge, flooding fragile shelters, and bringing swarms of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Unlikable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlikable. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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