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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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Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Helping the audience understand loathsome people without understanding them is a more subtle, if equally essential, inheritance.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The record-breaking advance in US stocks has many of the hallmarks of an unloved rally, including narrow leadership, low volumes and muted investor sentiment.—
Geoffrey Morgan,
Bloomberg,
20 Apr. 2026
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People with anxious attachment (answer A) have an exceptional sensitivity to rejection, for fear of being unloved.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Given the current political climate, especially in Washington — created by the hateful Dems — a ballroom is essential for all members of both parties.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2026
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Michael’s hateful words come from a desperate desire not to return home, Moss-Bachrach says.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
8 May 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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To learn that zoos will be trafficking the sloths to other zoos and be used in breeding is abhorrent.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Halley Tejada has been sentenced to a sentence of 20-years-to-life in state prison for his abhorrent and fatal conduct.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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And since each state tax operates under its own often arcane rules, those costs can come as an unpleasant surprise.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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His rhetoric is unpleasant and extreme enough that he could not get confirmed to a university board in Florida.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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“Unlovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlovable. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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