unlikable
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The philosophy professor posed big questions to the 90 students gathered in Boylston Hall: “Why did Austen create such an unlikable heroine?” she asked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The novel’s three principal characters are such an unlikable bunch that their fate—prison or morgue—may not matter much to readers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Yesteryear” strays from this well-worn narrative with Natalie, a deliciously unlikable protagonist whose greatest flaw is her competence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
These are the flawed, unlikable people that Bong loves to make us hate.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
I went to the living room, said hello to Jean, who was about my age and thoroughly unlikable, and went to my room.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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