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Recent Examples of unlovable
Affection deprivation can trigger negative beliefs about oneself, such as feeling unlovable, unwanted or undeserving of affection.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Michael felt unlovable from an early age—one parent had deserted him and the other physically abused him.
—Kunlyna Tauch, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2023
But work remains stubbornly unlovable.
—Jonathan Malesic, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2021
Love lavishly, including those who are unlovable.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 24 June 2020
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Michael felt unlovable from an early age—one parent had deserted him and the other physically abused him.
—Kunlyna Tauch, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2023
But work remains stubbornly unlovable.
—Jonathan Malesic, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2021
Love lavishly, including those who are unlovable.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 24 June 2020
See All Example Sentences for unlovable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlovable
Adjective
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And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
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Covino on the other hand plays Paul with a dash of loathsome rich guy energy, that feels like the polar opposite of Carey’s mild nature.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Nothing, Juno and Oliver and David and Rebecca all recognize, is more painful than a child’s fear of going unloved by a parent or a parent’s fear of harming their child.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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Private investors had an edge for a while, playing on the margins of unloved corporate entities and capitalizing on post-2008 regulations that hamstrung bank lending.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The nonprofit’s promotional ads were on social media including Facebook, where it was met with some explicitly hateful comments aimed at the LGBTQ community, Carolina Theatre spokesman Jared Misner said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Aug. 2025
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They were targeted, hateful attempts to intimidate and silence members of our community.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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
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The film’s shadowy conspirators provide viewers with villains at once detestable and comfortingly familiar.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2020
Adjective
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The notoriously polluted and odious waterway had been off-limits since 1923.—
Kinsey Gidick,
AFAR Media,
15 July 2025
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The central players are miserable or odious, but even so, we’re meant to want this life because look at the glorious trappings!—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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The murder of 1,200 people, including 36 children, in a surprise attack by a terrorist group was an abominable crime.—
Alia Brahimi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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So what better time for the abominable long-drive drill?—
Samuel McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Using an understanding of human writing as a means to allow for-profit technology companies to dismantle the imaginative practice of human writing is abhorrent and unethical.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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For some, however, the misfortune of others prompts them to unleash the most vile and abhorrent of screeds.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Once again, America confronts the unpleasant truth that the Constitution does not expressly guarantee a right to vote — and neither will the Supreme Court.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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The options are unpleasant tenements on one side and unaffordable houses on the other.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Unlovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlovable. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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