unflattering

Example Sentences

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Indeed, her book is replete with their habit of self-examination, an unflattering comparison with today’s legacy press.

From The Wall Street Journal

With their help, he makes a quite unflattering list of Rachel’s pros and cons, which, of course, Rachel discovers.

From Los Angeles Times

For Slot, the problems and the unflattering statistics are starting to pile up like rubble around his feet.

From BBC

But this process protects banks from the release of unflattering details to the public, and makes it harder to assess how well they are being supervised.

From Reuters

Showing up styled as the entity known to the public can assert power — yet it risks absurdity, under unflattering fluorescent lights, juxtaposed with lawyers, judges and courthouse personnel in their everyday work uniforms.

From Washington Post