unpopular

Example Sentences

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“What we’re seeing is that supporting trans people isn’t unpopular — it’s that the loudest opposition has gone unanswered in some places,” Hack said.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

She said it shows "how deeply unpopular they are with their own population that it is struggling to recruit adults to staff security checkpoints and is resorting to using children in support roles during wartime".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It was so unpopular that Truman didn’t seek re-election in 1952.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Generally speaking, the twice-a-year daylight saving time clock changes are unpopular.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

A theory favored by many Western archaeologists and Koreans, and unpopular in some circles in Japan, is that the Japanese are descendants of immigrants from Korea who arrived with rice paddy agriculture around 400 B.C.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond