unpopular

Example Sentences

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He faced an unpopular incumbent in Mayor Karen Bass.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Pro-business Paz took office in November promising to resolve the country's worst economic crisis in decades, but his unpopular economic reforms and failure to respond to social demands have roused public ire.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Corruption has become a top concern for Mexicans, polls show, while Rocha remains broadly unpopular in Sinaloa and elsewhere in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

He called Colbert’s exit “the beginning of the end” for other late-night hosts and repeated claims that the comedian’s work had been unpopular and declining.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

Four conflicting theories, each of them popular in some countries and unpopular in others, have been proposed.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond