How to Use unlikable in a Sentence

unlikable

adjective
  • Vance has for weeks been accused of coming across as unlikable and stiff.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Just an unlikable character and 'world' to spend two hours in.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Isaac plays Davis as a couch-surfing, unlikable, self-loathing jerk.
    — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Part of the fun for them is playing men who are unlikable in different ways.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Scott has made a career of being unlikable.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • That’s a freeing thing to show people — the ugly stuff, the unlikable stuff.
    — New York Times, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Even non-Jets fans felt a little bad for them -- or would have if Rodgers wasn't so unlikable.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Megan Valle gets Helen just right — prickly at times, but not unlikable.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • There’s probably not much to be done there — Gerrard is deeply unlikable!
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Each of their characters has their foibles but neither ever leans unlikable.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 June 2026
  • Both guys were too old, too far removed, too unlikable, too unreliable.
    — Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 21 July 2024
  • Zoey is an actor who isn’t afraid to play, as the opening in the film jokes, an unlikable female character.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 18 July 2022
  • This breeds a funny mix of pugilism and sanctimony that can be, frankly, a little unlikable.
    — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Because of the twist but also the unlikable nature of the main character.
    — Kyley Sitton, Washington Post, 18 June 2026
  • Locals panned the election as a race of unlikable candidates.
    — Timothy W. Martin and Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Linda is hostile, defensive and quite unlikable in many ways.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Everyone was afraid to make waves, afraid of being unlikable, afraid to get into a triangle, afraid to play the game.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 July 2024
  • Jamie Allenby is the main character and arguably the most unlikable one in the book.
    — Sarah Huffstetler, star-telegram, 5 June 2017
  • Tripp has drawn criticism as being too unlikable, much like the late civil servant herself.
    — Diane Garrett, Variety, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Bradley emerged as a very smug and unlikable kingpin, who seems to be calling the shots for Old Naviti.
    — Demetrio Teniente, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • What Dostoyevsky’s misfit knows too well is that all of us are unlikable and unattractive when imbibed in great enough doses.
    — Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The characters are different enough and likable enough and unlikable enough and just plain weird enough to keep viewers engaged.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • The character makes very difficult and unlikable choices throughout the film.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Bateman says what drew him to starring in the show, and directing the first two episodes, was how unafraid the writers were to craft unlikable characters.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 8 June 2026
  • Bateman says what drew him to starring in the show, and directing the first two episodes, was how unafraid the writers were to craft unlikable characters.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 2 June 2026
  • Because if the character’s unlikable, the audience won’t pay any attention to it.
    — Scott Huver, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022
  • McDonagh has the nerve to make these characters deeply off-putting, if not downright unlikable, to his audience.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2021
  • But then the number of unlikable people who slept four hours or so out of twenty-four includes such dubious sorts as Napoleon and Kissinger.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Some, such as Andrew Cuomo, a three-term governor of a large state, are so unlikable they aren’t even mentioned as contenders.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2019
  • That series, which is slated to return for a second season, got off to a sluggish start, weighed down by unlikable characters and actors who were too old for their roles.
    — oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2020

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