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Recent Examples of unpopular
The fees have cleared commuter backlogs and cut tailpipe pollution, but are deeply unpopular with suburbanites.
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Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
At the Faena Forum, Trump mocked Zelensky as an unpopular leader running out of options as his country’s cities are being demolished by Russian forces.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Those cuts were perceived as a crisis in the Pentagon at the time, and grew increasingly unpopular with Republicans and Democrats alike as their effects on the military's ability to train and be ready for war became clear.
—Dan Lamothe, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
And recent polling suggests that the idea is widely unpopular and may raise concern among Americans about the direction of Trump’s foreign policy.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
At the Faena Forum, Trump mocked Zelensky as an unpopular leader running out of options as his country’s cities are being demolished by Russian forces.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Those cuts were perceived as a crisis in the Pentagon at the time, and grew increasingly unpopular with Republicans and Democrats alike as their effects on the military's ability to train and be ready for war became clear.
—Dan Lamothe, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
And recent polling suggests that the idea is widely unpopular and may raise concern among Americans about the direction of Trump’s foreign policy.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpopular
Adjective
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While figures like Rosa Parks became household names, grassroots leaders like Griffin made waves in their own communities, driving change that often went unrecognized on a national scale.—
Jason Clayworth,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
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Each hour this goes unrecognized makes the success of the coup more likely.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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However, all measles cases reported locally or nationally have been among unvaccinated people or those with unknown vaccination status, showing the effectiveness of the MMR vaccine.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Don't click on links in texts from unknown senders to try to access a website through the text.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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When David Jefferson's wife, Jill Wolfe, was diagnosed with cancer, her friend and Jefferson's unsung hero Nichole Kyle was persistent in helping her.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2025
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Sofia Jeans Wide Collar Zip Cardigan Cardigans are the unsung hero of spring.—
Megan Schaltegger,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The low-spending, mostly no-name Fish are among he biggest longshots in MLB this season.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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Another no-name who would make the Hall of Fame, Tom Seaver of the New York Mets finished the game for the National League.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But that’s not because the work of the public sector itself is unimportant.—
Adam Chandler,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Council President Joe LaCava defended the city’s focus on something so relatively unimportant compared to closing a $258 million deficit that is expected to require substantial budget cuts.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Customers can make an appointment to browse the merchandise, including furniture, jewelry, silver, and obscure objects from around the globe, before placing their bids in the auctions, which are held exclusively online.—
Frances MacDougall,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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Players carry fake guns – such as water pistols – while concealing their identities and running through areas and hiding in obscure places.—
Julia Bonavita,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The De Tomaso Pantera 90 Si up for sale is one of just 41 built and was the final iteration of a car that was famed for its many—and confusing—number of iterations, not to mention modifications performed by owners that made many a Pantera all but unrecognizable.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
25 Feb. 2025
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Residents came home to an unrecognizable landscape, with craters sunken into the earth where many homes had once stood.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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To know all the actors, famous to unfamous.—
Daniel Vaillancourt,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2022
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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 3 Mar. 2025.
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