unpopular

Example Sentences

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Within five years, Operation Breakthrough, the ambitious, but ultimately costly, delay-ridden and politically unpopular federal initiative that had propped up the Kalamazoo factory and eight others like it across the country, ran out of money.

From Los Angeles Times

A Buddhist monk has drawn international attention after South Korea won landmark Olympic snowboard medals, capping decades of his support for young athletes in a sport long unpopular at home.

From Barron's

He believes that doing so brings him much closer in line with public opinion, however unpopular it makes him with some colleagues.

From BBC

The 73-year-old said politicians needed to be "prepared to be unpopular for a period of time to get the big issues sorted out".

From BBC

According to opinion polls, the prime minister is unpopular with voters, and his party seems set to lose a special election on Feb. 26 in a district it now holds.

From The Wall Street Journal