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unpopular

/ˌʌnˈpɑpjəlɚ/

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What does unpopular mean?

adjective

  1. Lacking popularity.
  2. Not liked or popular; disliked or ignored by the public.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌʌnˈpɑpjəlɚ/

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But, although the citizens could bear the beheading of an unpopular lord, they could not bear to have their houses pillaged.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699
To dream that you have ulcers, denotes that you will become unpopular with your friends by giving yourself up to foolish pleasures.
Gustavus Hindman MillerTen Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical ExpositionProject Gutenberg ebook #926
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Against two characters so unpopular the public indignation was easily excited, and they were marked out for a sacrifice to the general indignation.
Friedrich SchillerThe History of the Thirty Years' WarTranslated by A. J. W. (Alexander James William) MorrisonProject Gutenberg ebook #566
“Whence I am to infer,” replied I, “that the drinking population constitutes the majority in your country, and that temperance is somewhat unpopular.”
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
These fatal results rendered the practice unpopular, and at one time the inoculation hospital in Boston was closed by order of the Legislature.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747