as in loathsome
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Recent Examples of unlovable
But work remains stubbornly unlovable.
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Jonathan Malesic, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2021
Love lavishly, including those who are unlovable.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 24 June 2020
Similarly, a lack of thought in ‘loving’ gestures can make your affection seem saccharine and forced, making your partner feel small or unlovable.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
The coda is almost always his unmasking, revealing the true, repulsive, unlovable face beneath the mask.
—Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
See all Example Sentences for unlovable 
Jonathan Malesic, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2021
Love lavishly, including those who are unlovable.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 24 June 2020
Similarly, a lack of thought in ‘loving’ gestures can make your affection seem saccharine and forced, making your partner feel small or unlovable.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
The coda is almost always his unmasking, revealing the true, repulsive, unlovable face beneath the mask.
—Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
See all Example Sentences for unlovable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlovable
Adjective
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The return of Dina Manzo wasn’t enough to counter the regrettable new additions, particularly Amber and her loathsome husband, Jim.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the actor only ever knuckles down at being loathsome.—
Glenn Kenny,
New York Times,
13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The eight-episode Season 1 of The Franchise follows the crew of an unloved franchise movie fighting for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2025
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Michael Flaherty Updated Jan 13, 2025 - Business Corporate spinoffs grow in size and complexity The average size of corporate spinoffs is growing, as CEOs look beyond hiving off unloved divisions and toward more complex, transformative deals.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The two central characters, a mild bespectacled middle-school geek named Hal and his hateful abusive bully of a twin brother, Bill (both are played by Christian Convery), discover the monkey sealed away in a round box.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, Ye advertised his Yeezy website during the 2025 Super Bowl broadcast Sunday (Feb. 9), which aired amid a days-long storm of hateful tweets from the star targeting Jewish people.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2025
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If ever there was a time to eat your peas, asparagus and a buffet table of other detestable vegetables, Friday was it.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2025
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What’s more, a loss at Hell in a Cell could also force McIntyre to become an even more detestable heel in the weeks and months ahead.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes,
5 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Image For decades, Mr. Le Pen was a pariah of French politics, considered so odious that many opponents refused to debate him.—
Catherine Porter,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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And Moscow, by now having shed its concern with its international reputation, is likely to become even less constrained in its willingness to aid even the most odious of regimes.—
Andrea Kendall-Taylor,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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The clear attempt to further divide our country was abominable.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
8 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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These abhorrent behaviors and actions are the standard modus operandi for the head of the Republican party.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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My family attended an evangelical church that believed in Hell in a way that would have been intelligible, if abhorrent, to the medieval Catholic Dante.—
Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Investors were greeted with unpleasant inflation data on Tuesday.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2025
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The steam emanating from the hot oats began to cook the egg whites, which gave the dish an unpleasant scrambled egg-like texture.—
Ashia Aubourg,
Outside Online,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Unlovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlovable. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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