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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

All this takes place on an array of almost palpably unlovely Los Angeles locations, filmed here with a restless run-and-gun immediacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022

I want it, in part, because it’s so unlovely or neglected.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022

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

It was a relief to escape all that refinement and beauty—to be allowed to be unlovely and not a point of contrast.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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