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unsympathetically

[uhn-sim-puh-thet-ik-lee] / ˌʌnˌsɪm pəˈθɛt ɪk li /


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Mama, as the stern but loving matriarch, is a stock character, and Sissy is written unsympathetically and almost exclusively speaks in the tenor of a whine.

From New York Times May 24, 2023

And Hopper superbly manages the assignment of a character who seems both entitled to sympathy and unsympathetically entitled.

From Washington Post Nov. 23, 2022

When she was hit by a car while biking to work, her father unsympathetically said, “Get up, everything is fine,” and sent her on her way.

From Scientific American Jan. 19, 2022

So it was little comfort when an Uzbek guard unsympathetically quipped the other day: “You can’t stay here forever.”

From Reuters Sep. 3, 2021

He wore loud ties, and said outrageous things without the slightest apparent awareness of how they might sound if repeated unsympathetically.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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