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unpopular
/ˌʌnˈpɑpjəlɚ/
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What does unpopular mean?
adjective
- Lacking popularity.
- 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.
To dream that you have ulcers, denotes that you will become unpopular with your friends by giving yourself up to foolish pleasures.
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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.
“Whence I am to infer,” replied I, “that the drinking population constitutes the majority in your country, and that temperance is somewhat unpopular.”
These fatal results rendered the practice unpopular, and at one time the inoculation hospital in Boston was closed by order of the Legislature.