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Recent Examples of unpleasantly
The sugars in corn kernels break down very fast, turning your corn unpleasantly starchy.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
In warm weather, your kitchen can get unpleasantly hot when cooking in a standard oven.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Checking the temperature is of utmost importance, since the meat is very lean and will be unpleasantly dry if overcooked.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Also not missed are the crass laughs of the slicker 2012 film, which had an unpleasantly cynical, snide edge.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
Onward and upward The unpleasantly steep hills that I'm blessed with between my home and the city often proved too much for the hub motor.
—New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
Is there a point where a wine — even a wine intended for a natural wine-loving audience — can get so unpleasantly funky that a winemaker ought to intervene?
—Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2021
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
In warm weather, your kitchen can get unpleasantly hot when cooking in a standard oven.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Checking the temperature is of utmost importance, since the meat is very lean and will be unpleasantly dry if overcooked.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Also not missed are the crass laughs of the slicker 2012 film, which had an unpleasantly cynical, snide edge.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
Onward and upward The unpleasantly steep hills that I'm blessed with between my home and the city often proved too much for the hub motor.
—New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
Is there a point where a wine — even a wine intended for a natural wine-loving audience — can get so unpleasantly funky that a winemaker ought to intervene?
—Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpleasantly
Adverb
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There is something awfully likable about this team, mostly its refusal to quit.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
22 May 2026
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Quatraro’s comment about not having 25 major-league quality players floating around may sound awfully familiar to Royals fans.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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To be candid, our process was not terribly dramatic—there were no big fights, no couples counseling—other than the drama of racing to complete the project (or, at least, most of it) before the kids were born.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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While there are plenty of moments of necessary humor in the story, with Marquis flexing her knack for comic timing, other moments are terribly uncomfortable to grasp.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Adverb
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Especially early in its career, Hum was dreadfully misclassified as just another soft-to-loud/Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana wannabe, and remained criminally under-appreciated for its heavy/stoner-friendly Midwestern shoegaze vibes long after its breakup.—
Jonathan Cohen,
SPIN,
16 May 2026
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More than anything, this documentary is dreadfully dull.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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And those farmers are horribly disillusioned by this intensifying deflation and depression that spreads after 1873.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Film is a cultural industry, but the insiders are horribly out of touch with culture.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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Marathon needs these numbers to improve, badly.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The story of Reconstruction had been, of course, soiled badly by the historians’ profession, to be honest.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
Adverb
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West Ham are relegated, sorry Spurs survive The odds were stacked against West Ham United beating relegation yesterday and even in a year when Tottenham Hotspur plumbed appallingly abject depths, few clubs deserved it more.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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With respect to humor’s inherent subjectivity, the appallingly ugly aesthetics of the AI overwhelm any possible comedic sensibility on display.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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Of all the horrendous nonsense we were forced to entertain this spring, none of it was more horrendously nonsensical than the idea of people vibe-coding their own cybersecurity solutions.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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This way, the white people are exposed treating the Indigenous people horrendously — putting clothes on them, taking pictures without permission and treating them without respect.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The rungs were slippery with rain, and the bridge wobbled sickeningly with each step.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The nu-metal tribute to the late right-wing activist is deeply catchy and sickeningly soppy, like Creed but a lot worse.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
22 Dec. 2025
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