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Recent Examples of unloved
What had Great China done to become so unloved by fate?
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Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
For far too long, brooches were quite unloved.
—Natalie Cantell, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
All those unloved cars have to go somewhere.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
The most unloved car out there is the 2024 Dodge Hornet plug-in hybrid, with an average price of $41,166.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
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Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
For far too long, brooches were quite unloved.
—Natalie Cantell, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
All those unloved cars have to go somewhere.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
The most unloved car out there is the 2024 Dodge Hornet plug-in hybrid, with an average price of $41,166.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unloved
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But their pitching staff has been disappointing to awful, and there's little help coming from the farm system.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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In fact, this version of Louis sounds an awful lot like Lestat.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Residents who have discussed the issue online described the smell as one of the most unpleasant aspects of the ongoing seaweed buildup.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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The figure-skimming silhouette also prevents the unpleasant feeling of sweating in too-tight clothes.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2026
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What happened on Saturday night in NYC and New Jersey was appalling.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2026
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And then, following Labour’s appalling performance in local elections held in May, a leadership contest burst out into the open.—
Anand Menon,
Time,
13 June 2026
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Adam’s been shuttled off to Earth along with the coveted Sword of Power in the aftermath of evil Skeletor (Jared Leto, having a great time in the part) and his horrid denizens taking over his home planet and imprisoning his parents.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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There’s plenty of blame to go around for the Cubs’ horrid stretch.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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His character, Andrew Fung, is written to be obnoxious – cartoonishly, gleefully, exhaustingly so.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Citadel was successful but borderline obnoxious.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Minnesota produced these numbers without left tackle Christian Darrisaw consistently on the field and with dreadful quarterback play.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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World Cup qualifying wins over Argentina and Brazil in 2023 were followed by a dreadful stretch with just one win in 12 games between summer of 2024 and summer of 2025.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
14 June 2026
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Friis Bach, who was then chairman of the Folketing’s secretive Foreign Policy Committee, was asked in early January to begin considering the obscene logistics of a mass evacuation of Greenland.—
Joshua Hunt,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
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The amount of money spent on election campaigns is absolutely obscene.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 June 2026
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Babies and toddlers will put just about anything in their mouths, including objects that adults find profoundly revolting.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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The revolting legacy of the pedophile trafficker Jeffrey Epstein continues to unmask the obstacles to finding truth.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Unloved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unloved. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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