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Antonyms for unpopular


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-pop-yuh-ler
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈpɒp yə lər



Definition of unpopular

Origin :
  • 1640s, from un- (1) "not" + popular.
  • adj not liked or sought after
Example sentences :
  • The budget of the government introduced January 17th was unpopular.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Stoliker began to feel, poor man, that the paths of duty were unpopular.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • I told you I was unpopular: I don't see anybody at all any more.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • In doing so I was at times necessarily "ugly," and therefore to some unpopular.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • Lydia saw now that whether she was believed or not, she was bound to be most unpopular.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • In his capacity of bailiff, Black Sam had been most unpopular in the country.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • I began teaching freedmen when it was so unpopular that men could not have done it.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • The unpopular debater in England might have his windows smashed.
  • Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever
  • There may be points in a man's character which may make him unpopular.
  • Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty
  • Darling Chloe, this company is not so unpopular with me as once it was.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

Synonyms for unpopular

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