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Recent Examples of unlovable
The president of the United States has lately made the Hall of Fame bids of unlovable ballplayers a side project.
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Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
This left her children in the painful position of needing parents who had been rendered unlovable.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2025
Lazy and unlovable, Lutz is the butt of far too many jokes, transcending pity and passing into cringe-worthy territory.
—Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
Everyone knew taxis were an unreliable and largely unlovable service.
—David Malcolm, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
This left her children in the painful position of needing parents who had been rendered unlovable.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2025
Lazy and unlovable, Lutz is the butt of far too many jokes, transcending pity and passing into cringe-worthy territory.
—Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
Everyone knew taxis were an unreliable and largely unlovable service.
—David Malcolm, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlovable
Adjective
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Platner is loathsome in so many ways.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
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Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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Citroën, Opel, Chrysler and DS are a bit like the unloved children that still need to be kept on the books.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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JPMorgan sees a buying opportunity in one unloved corner of the stock market — and investors are paid to wait for that upside.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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The symbols that were represented are antisemitic and hateful to every person of conscience; this appalling act violated our sense of community and solidarity.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Rookie said she was disappointed by some of the hateful comments directed at her body and her age.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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Surrounded by luminaries like Timothy Spall, Leslie Manville, Ruth Sheen, and a very young (and marvelous) Sally Hawkins, Corden held his own in that film: Rory is one of those characters Leigh so often specializes in, a person at times detestable but also heartbreakingly human.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2026
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No matter how detestable the overthrown governments may be, precedents show that regime changes lead neither to democracy nor to peace, but to chaos, civil war and dictatorship.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
3 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The film’s most odious villain is Orde Wingate (Robert Aramayo), a British Army captain and Christian Zionist who leads the brutal crackdowns on Palestinian villages.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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These efforts may not spell the end of Iran’s odious, oppressive regime.—
Dennis Ross,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And would that really lower our appalling, outrageous, abominable electric bills?—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
1 Mar. 2026
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With a wild-card playoff berth secured, zero chance to win the AFC East title and the Jets among the most abominable teams of the 21st century, the Bills’ lineup was loaded with backups.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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These racist, sexist and abhorrent comments absolutely do not reflect the values of the Massachusetts State Police and are not tolerated within our ranks.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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Pitt was having an abhorrent season, sitting at 4-7 and playing for nothing but pride after being eliminated from bowl game consideration the week prior.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Toussaint, a Black British actor, also addressed unpleasant early backlash against his casting from internet trolls.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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No, the most unpleasant part of descending into New York City's vast sewer system, according to former urban explorer Steve Duncan, was the cockroaches.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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“Unlovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlovable. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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