unpopular

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Paz's previous attempts at outreach, including his firing of an unpopular labor minister and promises to give trade unions and Indigenous groups more of a say in government policy, didn't seem to satisfy them.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

That’s because Anthropic is facing what it has called “record” demand, while SpaceX’s AI tools have remained relatively unpopular.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

AI is unpopular with many Americans, not least because of fears that it could wipe out swaths of white-collar jobs—and hurt early-career professionals, in particular.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

At the time, he used smokers as an example of who should lose access, no doubt because smoking is a widely unpopular and indisputably unhealthy behavior.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

I felt Goldwater wouldn’t have risked his unpopular stand without conviction.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey