unpopular
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“The ‘Turk’ and the ‘whore,’” Mr. Mikhail tells us, were unpopular in New Amsterdam, being outspoken, litigious and—most unpalatably to their frugal neighbors—commercially successful, owning fertile land and a large grove of fruit trees.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
At the time, he used smokers as an example of who should lose access, no doubt because smoking is a widely unpopular and indisputably unhealthy behavior.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Anfield will give a rapturous, emotional reception to Salah and defender Robertson when they play their final games, with the increasingly unpopular Slot on the margins.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Schwarzenegger in an unprecedented, rapid-fire recall of an enormously unpopular governor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Four conflicting theories, each of them popular in some countries and unpopular in others, have been proposed.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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