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Recent Examples of unloved
As such, photo frames went out of favor and ended up stuffed in a drawer – unused and unloved.
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New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2024
As well as YouTube Theater, a 6,000-capacity concert venue, a 300-acre site that includes public parks and office space has transformed an unloved corner of LA.
—Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
To be unclaimed does not in itself mean that a person was unloved in life or unmissed in death.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Only Linda’s was interesting, Eliza thought, with its intentional clashes of color; the rest were a random scattering of droopy, unloved plants.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2024
As well as YouTube Theater, a 6,000-capacity concert venue, a 300-acre site that includes public parks and office space has transformed an unloved corner of LA.
—Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
To be unclaimed does not in itself mean that a person was unloved in life or unmissed in death.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Only Linda’s was interesting, Eliza thought, with its intentional clashes of color; the rest were a random scattering of droopy, unloved plants.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unloved
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But any Three Mile Island-style tech meltdown would come with awful collateral damage.Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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After missing 27 games with a left hamstring strain, Zion Williamson returned to the court on Tuesday night and provided one of the few gratifying moments the New Orleans Pelicans could savor during an awful season.William Guillory, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Still, with a budget deficit looming next year and a mayor whose preferred mode of dealing with unpleasant fiscal realities is to hike taxes, revenue grabs like congestion pricing are always on the table.The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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Another surprise was how unpleasant emotions were often motivating for leaders.Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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In one appalling case, a female volleyball player suffered a traumatic brain injury after a ball was spiked at her by a person who identified as a trans woman.Kathy Szeliga, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
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The fact that survivors had to turn to the media just to be heard is appalling.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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So Fleury, sick as heck, was forced to back up, which also meant Gustavsson had to survive all 60 minutes of his second consecutive horrid outing.Michael Russo, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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So read the book now before the paperback gets one of those horrid movie-poster covers.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Gone are different colored lines, obnoxious alarms if something is a half-mile away and a way-too-strong back-up warning.James Raia, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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No one should feel pressured to maintain a relationship with someone who, day in and day out, displays obnoxious behavior without consideration for the other’s feelings.Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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For all that creative labor across the past century, the English-speaking world has been largely resigned to the idea of middle age as a dreadful, isolating crisis.Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
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But every bit as dreadful was West Ham’s manner in sacking him yesterday, 22 games after appointing him.Phil Hay, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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He was booked on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
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These highly emotional sequences are less riveting and more revolting as they’re primarily used to add shock value, graphically depicting their triggering subject matter.Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
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“Unloved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unloved. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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