unpopular

adjective

Definition of unpopularnext
as in unrecognized

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Recent Examples of unpopular Others brought up the administration’s decision to scrap beef tariffs unpopular with corners of the party. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026 Citing four people familiar with the discussions, Reuters said this was to limit Republican losses due to the conflict, which is proving increasingly unpopular with Americans. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 And on the opposite side of the same coin, the solutions to inflation – spending reductions and higher taxes – are massively unpopular and could hurt the economy in the short run. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 Perkins was one of five city councilmembers to vote for the unpopular tax break package for the $150 billion data, 400-acre data center for which Dutch company Nebius hosted a symbolic groundbreaking in May. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unpopular
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpopular
  1. unrecognized
  2. unknown
  3. unsung
  4. no-name
  5. unimportant
  6. obscure
  7. unrecognizable
  8. unfamous
Adjective
  • This often-unrecognized grief associated with the end of reproductive years can be significant even for women who do not want more children.
    — Parents, Parents, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Postpartum depression, affecting 1 in 7 women, often presents as intrusive thoughts, rage, or numbness, not just sadness, leading to unrecognized symptoms.
    — John Samuels, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of unrecognized
Adjective
  • Stringer | Reuters A tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, stoking worries that the Middle East conflict could once again escalate.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The charge and light together seem to indicate a violent collision between an unknown particle and the nucleus of one of the detector’s atoms.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of unknown
Adjective
  • Contrary to their reputation, bats are not fearsome creatures but unsung ecological heroes.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Hvar’s unsung interior, marked by ancient rock walls, 57 species of butterflies, and colorful birds like bee-eaters and hoopoes, is heaven for nature lovers.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of unsung
Adjective
  • Of those, over 426,000 people chose a third, no-name option on the ballot that allows voters to express dislike of both candidates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • Decisive to their survival was the no-name midfielder Sabatini plucked out of Brazil.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Definition of no-name
Adjective
  • The Analyst can spend all their time answering urgent but unimportant requests.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Wright agrees that the findings shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that omega-3s are unimportant for the brain.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 14 July 2026
Definition of unimportant
Adjective
  • Given most late-summer midterm-election-year weakness has been more than recovered right afterward, the proper course of action now becomes even more obscure.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of obscure
Adjective
  • But Angry Ale’s has tried to revamp without becoming unrecognizable.
    — Evan Moore August 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Sesay described a man almost unrecognizable from the aggressive online personality familiar to millions of followers.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of unrecognizable
Adjective
  • Both help make the case that unfamous people, in all their honesty and complexity, are as worthy of our attention as celebrities.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Early in his career, Tillmans began shooting for the British street style magazine i-D, creating portraits of the famous and unfamous, while also documenting club life and gay culture.
    — Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of unfamous

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