unlovable

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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. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • These are illustrations of what results from being ready to purchase structurally cheap, unloved assets and waiting for optionality to show up.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • The Kindle does have a web browser, but it’s tucked away, unloved and underpowered.
    Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Wilcox’s attorney, Bryant Scriven, told the Orlando Sentinel his client was a disabled military veteran who is neither a violent nor a hateful person.
    Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025
  • This hateful message emboldened the audience to boo when graduates in Jewish Studies and Hebrew were called to the stage.
    Isabella Brannon, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • But a wave of summer shows were canceled in response, with conservative leader Kemi Badenoch—a uniquely detestable political figure in a country that perfected the form—calling on Glastonbury to remove the band from this year’s bill.
    Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 28 May 2025
  • Top-notch casting is the cherry on top, with Lily James as the supremely likable Cinderella, Richard Madden as her down-to-earth prince, Cate Blanchett as the detestable stepmother with her own imperfect backstory, and Helena Bonham Carter as one lovably flighty fairy godmother.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • In Afghanistan, 20 years of Western nation-building collapsed in 11 days, ending with the odious Taliban back in power in Kabul.
    Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • To fund Geneviève’s idea, she’s arranged for cash from an abominable source: Crispin Shamblee (Simon Callow), a fellow dance devotee with a limitless checkbook and zero morals.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The basic problem with some conservatives' embrace of this man is that Andrew Tate is an abominable human being.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This is not about Western countries being against Iran’s Jurassic theocracy for imprisoning women for failing to cover their heads with a hijab, or for executing gays, or any of its other abhorrent internal policies.
    Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
  • Political violence is abhorrent and has no place in our political system or our communities.
    Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • Diana, for example, when anything unpleasant was said in her presence, would slowly blink her eyes in an incredible act of denial.
    Rosemary Counter, Time, 25 June 2025
  • Some of these vitamins have quality issues, like a fishy or unpleasant taste.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 25 June 2025

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“Unlovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlovable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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