unpopular

Example Sentences

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He called Colbert’s exit “the beginning of the end” for other late-night hosts and repeated claims that the comedian’s work had been unpopular and declining.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

Another unpopular law -- since thrown out -- reclassified small agricultural holdings as medium-sized properties, which Indigenous communities viewed as a loss of their rights.

From Barron's • May 21, 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

“The ‘Turk’ and the ‘whore,’” Mr. Mikhail tells us, were unpopular in New Amsterdam, being outspoken, litigious and—most unpalatably to their frugal neighbors—commercially successful, owning fertile land and a large grove of fruit trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The purpose of our Constitution—especially the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal-protection guarantee—is to protect minority rights even when, or especially when, they are unpopular.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander