unflattering
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To emphasize the ghoulishness, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki shoots the president and his advisors in unflattering low angles with a formaldehyde sheen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
She talks almost exclusively about herself, interrupts constantly and has an opinion about everyone, often an unflattering one.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Mr. Fielder’s conversations with her and Mr. Evans are so revealing, unflattering and bizarrely enthralling that this film promises to be the talk of the fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Such unflattering incidents are conspicuously absent from Byfield's earlier accounts of his military service," O'Keeffe says.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
But now she couldn’t bear to be forced to wear still more oversize and unflattering clothing.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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