unsympathetic

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Newsom is so unsympathetic in his own book that you could leave with a renewed sense of pity for Kimberly Guilfoyle, his wife from 2001 to 2006 and Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-fiancée.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

Meanwhile, Verbeek essays a familiar Dardennes type — the defiantly unsympathetic character in peril — as Jessica stubbornly forces her way into her mystery mom’s orbit, demanding answers she thinks might give her closure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

But this didn’t make him unsympathetic to Indians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

“Lincoln," he continued, "was clearly unsympathetic but never defied even that order, let alone an order of the Supreme Court. It never ordered President Lincoln to do anything else.”

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025

His daughters had had to put up with this kind of attitude in an unsympathetic era.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez