pariah

Melodramatic and hyper-distracted, Lilypad insists that Bonnie will remain a pariah unless she wins over her peers’ snotty group chat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Simpson was acquitted, but he never regained the public’s affection or goodwill, and will forever be remembered as a pariah who perhaps got away with literal murder.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Beijing has also long served as the main mediator between Kim's pariah regime and the rest of the world.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Addis has been looking to its neighbor and on-again, off-again enemy, Eritrea, a small pariah state to the east with a relatively long Red Sea coastline.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

As described in chapter 4, many people labeled criminals describe an existential angst associated with their pariah status, an angst that casts a shadow over every aspect of their identity and social experience.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Those who had left the Tour were subject to hefty fines, a lengthy suspension and being generally viewed as pariahs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026

"Eventually, whole social classes, including many Roma people, could become pariahs in this country with nowhere to go," Kadet warned.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

“We obviously want to collaborate, but we’re seen as the pariahs right now, we’re seen as the bogeymen,” Song said.

From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2024

If they aren’t, will they be social pariahs?

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

John Early, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, arrived at Carville in 1918, when patients were treated as prisoners and pariahs rather than people who needed medical care.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly