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Recent Examples of unpopular
Midterms historically favor the opposition party, and the president remains quite unpopular.
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Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Price hikes are almost always unpopular, but unveiling them immediately after offending subscribers, employees, politicians, and celebrities is tone-deaf and horribly timed.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
However, the law was repealed in 1974 for being unpopular and ineffective.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
What’s your unpopular fashion opinion?
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
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Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Price hikes are almost always unpopular, but unveiling them immediately after offending subscribers, employees, politicians, and celebrities is tone-deaf and horribly timed.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
However, the law was repealed in 1974 for being unpopular and ineffective.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
What’s your unpopular fashion opinion?
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unpopular
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpopular
Adjective
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In many cases, fans were able to see that the tickets were surreptitiously forwarded to unrecognized accounts, presumably so they could be sold on third-party sites.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Farrell's completely unrecognized look and vocal cadence struck fans in a massive way, leading to Reeves and DC cooking up a limited miniseries that showcased Penguin's rise in Gotham.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Could its detection on Venus mean there is life in its clouds, or is some inorganic chemistry, unknown on Earth, producing it?—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Heavily inebriated and with several different drugs racing through his system, 19-year-old Jacob storms into the confrontation and clocks an unknown man hard, sending him to the ground.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Accessories emerged as the unsung heroes, adding depth and individuality to the collections.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
2 Oct. 2025
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The embrace from Eby's unsung hero centered her in the moment and impacted her whole life.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But why would a company like Vanguard switch to a new, no-name index?—
Alex Mayyasi,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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The most recent, semi-notable installment came last year with Amityville: Where the Echo Lives, a Lionsgate title with a no-name cast that went straight to Max.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Those tests that pick up most cancers tend to pick up other unimportant things as well — and those screening tests that are limited to discovering cancer often miss many people with the disease.—
Cory Franklin,
Twin Cities,
14 Sep. 2025
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After Princeton and military service, he was sent to the Paris bureau, where his scoops and reviews forced designers to alter their view of Women’s Wear Daily as unimportant.—
James Fallon,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This obscure rule bars federal funding for mental institutions with more than 16 beds, which critics say is a major barrier to expanding capacity.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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But what these murky recommendations largely obscure is the data, which overwhelmingly supports the use of COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy, as evidenced by a massive analysis set to be presented this weekend at an American Academy of Pediatrics conference.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The picturesque chapel, once bathed in sunlight and surrounded by lush green trees, is now unrecognizable.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Injury or not, the sophomore quarterback is unrecognizable from his freshman self.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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To know all the actors, famous to unfamous.—
Daniel Vaillancourt,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2022
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But during this break in the action, a camera scanning courtside spotted Kobe, pleasantly inhabited by an almost unfamous happiness, teaching his daughter about the game.—
Matt Sullivan,
Vulture,
29 June 2021
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“Unpopular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpopular. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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