unlovely

Example Sentences

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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

From its muted, unlovely color palette to its tightly controlled performances, everything it shows us is placed in rigorous service of brilliantly cascading questions and ideas: What are the cost and value of forgiveness?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023

I want it, in part, because it’s so unlovely or neglected.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022

A hope emerged that building new towns might be an alternative for unlovely and unloved city neighborhoods and for soulless peripheral subdivisions.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2021

It was a relief to escape all that refinement and beauty—to be allowed to be unlovely and not a point of contrast.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover