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Recent Examples of unloved
Lamm wouldn’t have been interested in starting on some tiny lizard or unloved beetle.
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Perhaps Musk, more unloved than ever, has learned money can’t always buy you votes, either.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The eight-episode Season 1 of The Franchise followed the crew of an unloved franchise movie fighting for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Beginning in the 1970s and ’80s, wealthy nations exported such unloved materials as asbestos and DDT to impoverished nations like Benin and Haiti, which were desperate to develop their economies yet rarely possessed facilities capable of properly disposing of toxic materials.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Perhaps Musk, more unloved than ever, has learned money can’t always buy you votes, either.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The eight-episode Season 1 of The Franchise followed the crew of an unloved franchise movie fighting for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Beginning in the 1970s and ’80s, wealthy nations exported such unloved materials as asbestos and DDT to impoverished nations like Benin and Haiti, which were desperate to develop their economies yet rarely possessed facilities capable of properly disposing of toxic materials.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unloved
Adjective
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Councilmember Vivian Moreno said the timing on the prostitution detectives seems awful, with prostitution appearing to have gotten worse in recent months on Dalbergia Street in Barrio Logan.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Alisha Weir stars as the whip-smart Matilda Wormwood, who escapes her awful parents (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough) by disappearing into books and finding a friend in Lashana Lynch’s sweet Miss Honey at her terrifying new school.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Daily use by adolescents and adults can result in another unpleasant side effect: uncontrollable vomiting, according to a 2021 study.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025
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Vivian Yin’s will contains an unpleasant surprise for her daughters.—
Ilana Masad,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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The appalling treatment these migrants have received at the hands of Libya authorities has been widely condemned by rights groups.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
7 May 2025
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Like others with intellectual or physical disabilities, they were often institutionalized, often living in appalling conditions that shortened their lives.—
Liz Szabo,
NBC news,
4 May 2025
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The Hornets are coming off a horrid 2024-25 season.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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At second base, despite horrid offensive starts to the season from Brett Baty and Luisangel Acuña, the Mets entered Jeff McNeil’s first game back on Friday ranked 10th in the big leagues in wins above replacement at the position.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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But some less-expensive papers have an overwhelmingly obnoxious chemical smell.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 May 2025
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The Ford Ranger Raptor is big, beautifully obnoxious, comfortable, quick and carries many logs.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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Those dreadful days of yesteryear have been put in the rearview mirror once and for all.—
Danny Ventura,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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Fedde was one of the lone bright spots from last season’s dreadful White Sox team.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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After the man told the boy to get out of the road, the juvenile responded with cursing and an obscene gesture, the report said.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Stop into any local bakery and ask for their specialty, many of which contain obscene amounts of egg yolks.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2025
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How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2022
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These highly emotional sequences are less riveting and more revolting as they’re primarily used to add shock value, graphically depicting their triggering subject matter.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2022
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“Unloved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unloved. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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