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unlovely

[uhn-luhv-lee] / ʌnˈlʌv li /


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One of the two optimistic stories goes under the unlovely name of the “nonlinear Phillips curve.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

From its muted, unlovely color palette to its tightly controlled performances, everything it shows us is placed in rigorous service of brilliantly cascading questions and ideas: What are the cost and value of forgiveness?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023

A hope emerged that building new towns might be an alternative for unlovely and unloved city neighborhoods and for soulless peripheral subdivisions.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2021

In this unlovely flat, I found myself deliriously happy.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2021

About them lay many treasures, of gold maybe, though in that light they looked cold and unlovely.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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