unflattering
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Although everyone comments on her beauty, 17-year-old Fatima prefers to tie her hair back in a ponytail, her bright eyes buried underneath a black ball cap, her body concealed in unflattering tracksuits.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Utahns have also deluged Cox with thousands of letters in opposition, while regularly convening on the state Capitol with unflattering signs featuring O’Leary and Cox.
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026
Christian Okafor, a high-school senior in San Diego, says he has been the subject of unflattering lunch photos 30 to 40 times.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
The Independent's reviewer, Nick Hilton, though, gave the "generation-defining show" four stars, saying it "paints a clear-eyed, unflattering portrait of modern America".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
“Hardly. In the old days, Athena tore up all my best work. My tapestries depicted the gods in rather unflattering ways, you see. Your mother didn’t appreciate that.”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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