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Recent Examples of unlikable
Once the ultimate 1990s teen heartthrob, James Van Der Beek — who played arguably the most unlikable character in Dawson’s Creek — makes for a top-tier offender in SVU.
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Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
Developing a show around a character as unlikable as Tariq — who was the reason his twin sister, the sweet Raina (Donshea Hopkins), was killed, and who willingly chose to run with the nefarious Kanan (Jackson) — was definitely risky.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Vance has for weeks been accused of coming across as unlikable and stiff.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Both achieved inescapable cultural hegemony through multiple massive solo albums and maintained dominant heartthrob status even as their pivots to screen acting yielded mixed results — and Styles crucially demonstrated a willingness to play unlikable boyfriends with Don't Worry Darling.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
Developing a show around a character as unlikable as Tariq — who was the reason his twin sister, the sweet Raina (Donshea Hopkins), was killed, and who willingly chose to run with the nefarious Kanan (Jackson) — was definitely risky.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
Vance has for weeks been accused of coming across as unlikable and stiff.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Both achieved inescapable cultural hegemony through multiple massive solo albums and maintained dominant heartthrob status even as their pivots to screen acting yielded mixed results — and Styles crucially demonstrated a willingness to play unlikable boyfriends with Don't Worry Darling.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unlikable
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What’s more, a loss at Hell in a Cell could also force McIntyre to become an even more detestable heel in the weeks and months ahead.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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As if being Jewish had become something really murky, vaguely suspect, possibly detestable.Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
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The mighty Roosevelt Johnson pulls a dual role as the exasperated ghost of Pap and the despicable Uncle Rev.Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
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Ahead of the events depicted in season seven, our young heroes, the students of Class 1-A, have taken to the streets, battling the despicable villains out to take advantage of a country in crisis.David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
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It’s turned out very badly and the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu is contemptible.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Be open-minded and recognize that even a campaign opponent — even the contemptible Trump — can occasionally be onto something worthwhile.George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
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Restaurants are closing and car break-ins are so common that people complain that thieves sometimes steal worthless items like old rags.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Aaron Ryder, a producer of Arrival, was quarantining at a hotel in Montreal, watching an army of amateur day traders drive up the value of a supposedly worthless stock.Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Untalented speechwriters produce such rubbish; unworthy politicians proclaim it.George F. Will, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
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So, too, do observations Sedaris makes when he is dismissed as an outsider, unworthy of attention, unless about Trump or school shootings.Peter D. Kramer, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
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Chavez plays Lyle as the clearly dominant older brother with little remorse, while Koch's younger, more vulnerable Erik is doe-like and pitiable.Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
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In the sensitive hands of director Lila Neugebauer and her top-notch cast, these people are complicated and they’re blinkered, monstrous and pitiable, trying and failing, not individually hateful and collectively matured in a slow cooker of unexamined bias and malice.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
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This was one of the vilest crimes committed by the American government against its own people.Chloe Iris Kennedy, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Soccer fans are, for the most part, liberal and cosmopolitan in the U.S., so Lalas’ conservatism has led him to be called a vile human, a fascist and a dumb far-right puppet.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Records show the hotel has had habitual criminal activity and it's been known to be in a deplorable state inside.Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Wayne County officials has touted that its new facility would be safer for inmates, and would remedy deplorable, antiquated, and unsafe conditions at its old facilities.Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Unlikable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlikable. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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