unpopular

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Recent Examples of unpopular But some of the president's individual agenda items remain unpopular. ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025 So, a bit more about that unpopular, contrary sentiment. Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025 Andrew is deeply unpopular with the British public. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025 According to a 2023 poll by the University of California, Berkeley, reparations are widely unpopular in the state, with only 23 percent of residents supporting cash payments to minority individuals. Andrew Quinio, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unpopular
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpopular
Adjective
  • Look for unusual activity such as unrecognized logins, changes to passwords or new connected devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Whatever was written or printed on the paper remains unknown.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • More than 11 years on, at least 91 abductees are still missing or have unknown fates.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Service dogs are often unsung heroes.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Yet to call McGuane an unsung writer is not quite accurate, of course.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Nevertheless, slinging the ball around to a bunch of no-names, Mayfield willed the Bucs to a 30-19 win over the 49ers, throwing for 256 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2025
  • These weren’t no-name startups.
    Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If they were considered unimportant to the team’s chances of success, Zidane and Ancelotti did not worry too much if their feelings got hurt.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Mike Vrabel says his history there is unimportant.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Even then, though, the path is obscure.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Many years have passed since nursing home patients lived in the Redlands Road building, the obscure permit on which the occupancy rested has lapsed.
    Lou Murray, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Johnson, who built his career on charisma and invincibility, is unrecognizable here — literally and spiritually — as Kerr.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In pictures shared on Instagram, Lovato looks unrecognizable in bright white face makeup and half her hair covered by a bald cap.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • To know all the actors, famous to unfamous.
    Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
  • 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 7 Nov. 2025.

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