unpopular

[US]/ʌn'pɒpjʊlə/
[UK]/ʌn'pɑpjəlɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. Unpopular, unpopular, unpopular

Example Sentences

a terminator of unpopular policies.

He is justly unpopular with all.

Luke was unpopular with most of the teachers.

A haughty girl is always unpopular at school.

Cuts in government expenditure are politically unpopular.

She paid the price for her unpopular opinions.

Several unpopular decisions diminished the governor's popularity.

He’s taken a lot of flak for his unpopular decisions.

he ditched the unpopular policies bequeathed to him.

soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war.

mortgaged their political careers by taking an unpopular stand.

When he became politically unpopular the rest of his party just threw him to the wolves.

The high tax policy is certainly unpopular, although it's unlikely to meet the soaring armament expenditures.

The parents are complaining that some unpopular subjects are being pushed down the students' throats.

The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary is it that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally.

She’s so unpopular with the voters that the Prime Minister has told her to keep her head down until after the election.

The youth club leader was unpopular with the young people because he was always flinging his weight about.

Real-world Examples

Mayor Ray Nagin left it desperately unpopular as post-Katrina crime soared and reconstruction foundered.

Source: BBC Listening Collection January 2013

Francois Hollande, the president, is extremely unpopular.

Source: NPR News November 2016 Collection

But the infidel occupation soon proved unpopular.

Source: The Economist - Arts

But clearly inversions are really unpopular politically.

Source: NPR News April 2016 Collection

Tests may be the most unpopular part of academic life.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

During the actual presidential decision, you have Francois Hollande on the left, who's considered very unpopular.

Source: NPR News November 2016 Collection

Several people watching laughed; Snape was clearly unpopular.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

He — as you said, he's very unpopular.

Source: NPR News September 2016 Collection

Well, first of all, he's very unpopular.

Source: NPR News February 2020 Compilation

But what was once advertised as nutritious is becoming unpopular.

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

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