as in loathsome
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Recent Examples of unlovable
But work remains stubbornly unlovable.
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Jonathan Malesic, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2021
Love lavishly, including those who are unlovable.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 24 June 2020
Similarly, a lack of thought in ‘loving’ gestures can make your affection seem saccharine and forced, making your partner feel small or unlovable.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
The coda is almost always his unmasking, revealing the true, repulsive, unlovable face beneath the mask.
—Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
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Jonathan Malesic, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2021
Love lavishly, including those who are unlovable.
—Annie Lane, oregonlive, 24 June 2020
Similarly, a lack of thought in ‘loving’ gestures can make your affection seem saccharine and forced, making your partner feel small or unlovable.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
The coda is almost always his unmasking, revealing the true, repulsive, unlovable face beneath the mask.
—Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
See all Example Sentences for unlovable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlovable
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The return of Dina Manzo wasn’t enough to counter the regrettable new additions, particularly Amber and her loathsome husband, Jim.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the actor only ever knuckles down at being loathsome.—
Glenn Kenny,
New York Times,
13 Dec. 2024
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Michael Flaherty Updated Jan 13, 2025 - Business Corporate spinoffs grow in size and complexity The average size of corporate spinoffs is growing, as CEOs look beyond hiving off unloved divisions and toward more complex, transformative deals.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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In the history play named for him, Richard III’s resentment, going back to having been a deformed and unloved child, makes more sense.—
Rachel Hadas,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
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However the two teens entered this online subculture, their writings reveal despair about their personal lives and the world around them and expressed violent, hateful views.—
Phoebe Petrovic,
ProPublica,
25 Jan. 2025
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Meta also updated its hateful conduct policy to roll back protections for certain groups, including women and LGBTQ+ people.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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If ever there was a time to eat your peas, asparagus and a buffet table of other detestable vegetables, Friday was it.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2025
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What’s more, a loss at Hell in a Cell could also force McIntyre to become an even more detestable heel in the weeks and months ahead.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes,
5 Oct. 2024
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Image For decades, Mr. Le Pen was a pariah of French politics, considered so odious that many opponents refused to debate him.—
Catherine Porter,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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And Moscow, by now having shed its concern with its international reputation, is likely to become even less constrained in its willingness to aid even the most odious of regimes.—
Andrea Kendall-Taylor,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2024
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Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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The clear attempt to further divide our country was abominable.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
8 Mar. 2024
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These abhorrent behaviors and actions are the standard modus operandi for the head of the Republican party.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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My family attended an evangelical church that believed in Hell in a way that would have been intelligible, if abhorrent, to the medieval Catholic Dante.—
Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The standard screening test for colon cancer is through colonoscopy, but this can require patients to go through unpleasant bowel preparation and to then be anesthetized during the medical procedure.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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The situation looked like a hoarder had lived there, very difficult to traverse through the residence, and the odor was extraordinarily unpleasant.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Unlovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlovable. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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