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Recent Examples of unflattering
Similar unflattering reporting by other news organizations only further abetted his comeback.
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Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
At the same time, several unflattering narratives about Lively started to spread on social media.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Barred from meeting Simpson, Blackwood nevertheless managed to render an extraordinarily vivid and unflattering likeness of her elusive subject.
—Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
The reasons why typically rest on the unflattering look of it all: Brutalism is thought to be an eyesore, a relic of a different era far removed from our own.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for unflattering 
Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
At the same time, several unflattering narratives about Lively started to spread on social media.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Barred from meeting Simpson, Blackwood nevertheless managed to render an extraordinarily vivid and unflattering likeness of her elusive subject.
—Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
The reasons why typically rest on the unflattering look of it all: Brutalism is thought to be an eyesore, a relic of a different era far removed from our own.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unflattering
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According to a Quinnipiac University poll, only 31 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, and more than half of respondents have an unfavorable view of it.—
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett,
National Review,
16 Feb. 2025
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Despite unfavorable reviews and terrible audience scores, the 35th entry in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe arrived slightly above projections and ranks as the biggest opening weekend of the year.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
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Though the pollen gunk will pass, he's concerned by a contingent of Twitter trolls who've shared uncomplimentary reviews of his recent North American tour.—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE.com,
21 Jan. 2022
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Neither party admitted to liability and each agreed to refrain from making disparaging, negative or uncomplimentary statements about the other, the document said.—
Lorraine Mirabella,
Baltimore Sun,
29 July 2022
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The term Mace used is considered derogatory, defamatory and dehumanizing for transgender people according to GLAAD, an LGBTQ media advocacy organization.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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And yet, Davis’s slight still hits different (derogatory).—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
refinery29.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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The 2023 Economic Report Of The President published in March of 2023 was relatively disparaging of cryptoassets and DLTs.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
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Prior to appearing on Cunningham's show on Monday, Huggins made more disparaging remarks about Xavier.—
Emily DeLetter,
The Enquirer,
10 May 2023
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The Trump administration’s focus on the false narrative that Politico received USAID funds follows an erroneous claim by Kyle Becker, a conservative political commentator, on Wednesday.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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If the cost looks erroneous, please email content@bayareanewsgroup.com for more information.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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All these terms do is reduce Black experiences into inaccurate archetypes and further devalue the Black roots of countless genres.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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Scenes can have the power to mislead us into an inaccurate view of what typically happens.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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While Kennedy claimed in his confirmation hearings — and again, in a Fox News interview after being sworn in — that ACIP members are rife with conflicts of interest, those who have overseen or participated on the committee in the past say this is untrue.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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Sean Combs' legal team also celebrated the dismissal, stressing that the accusations were untrue.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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Sophos and Trend Micro Antivirus let parents filter objectionable content from their children's devices.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
6 Feb. 2025
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Those who find Trump’s mixing of politics and marketing objectionable are swimming against the cultural zeitgeist.—
Eric Heavner,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Unflattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unflattering. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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