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unlovely

[uhn-luhv-lee] / ʌnˈlʌv li /


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One of the two optimistic stories goes under the unlovely name of the “nonlinear Phillips curve.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

The point was, Poe deserved better; the most interesting plants do grow in the shade, unlovely and unloved.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2023

All this takes place on an array of almost palpably unlovely Los Angeles locations, filmed here with a restless run-and-gun immediacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022

In this unlovely flat, I found myself deliriously happy.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2021

About them lay many treasures, of gold maybe, though in that light they looked cold and unlovely.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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