unsympathetic

Example Sentences

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As a result, he injected levity into a role that could have come across as purely unsympathetic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The center filed lawsuits aimed at bankrupting Klan organizations, unsympathetic defendants that made easy targets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

After he joined the 2022 protests, he says, she became critical of his activities and unsympathetic over the deaths of friends of his in the January protests.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The neighbors weren’t unsympathetic, nor were they impractical.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

I was imprisoned in the flesh of an utter stranger, an unsympathetic one with whom I felt no kinship.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin