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

Grok has reportedly been unpopular among U.S. federal agencies, collectively SpaceX’s single-largest customer.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 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

Anfield will give a rapturous, emotional reception to Salah and defender Robertson when they play their final games, with the increasingly unpopular Slot on the margins.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Supreme Court—the one branch of government charged with the responsibility of protecting “discrete and insular minorities” from the excesses of majoritarian democracy and guaranteeing constitutional rights for groups deemed unpopular or subject to prejudice.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander