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Recent Examples of unflattering
The work of these, and many other venerable professions should not draw generalized comments on their service in such unflattering terms.
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Ahead of the upcoming 2025 college football season, Colorado has received a new unflattering projection.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Prince Andrew's reputation continues to come into question as claims made in a new book paint him in a very unflattering light.
—Emily Trainham , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Just days before, HBO Max released the episode in which Smart’s character, Deborah Vance, sacrifices her lifelong dream of finally becoming the first woman to host a late night show rather than give in to corporate bullying and fire Ava for leaking an unflattering story about the network.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Ahead of the upcoming 2025 college football season, Colorado has received a new unflattering projection.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Prince Andrew's reputation continues to come into question as claims made in a new book paint him in a very unflattering light.
—Emily Trainham , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Just days before, HBO Max released the episode in which Smart’s character, Deborah Vance, sacrifices her lifelong dream of finally becoming the first woman to host a late night show rather than give in to corporate bullying and fire Ava for leaking an unflattering story about the network.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unflattering
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An unfavorable past Amid the AI race heating up, the United States has banned China from using its most advanced AI products, including NVIDIA’s H100 and H200 chips.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Sherrill received a 40 percent favorability rating, compared to a 29 percent unfavorable rating.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Neither party admitted to liability and each agreed to refrain from making disparaging, negative or uncomplimentary statements about the other, the document said.—
Lorraine Mirabella,
Baltimore Sun,
29 July 2022
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Though the pollen gunk will pass, he's concerned by a contingent of Twitter trolls who've shared uncomplimentary reviews of his recent North American tour.—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE.com,
21 Jan. 2022
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If bad blood existed or Devers made a derogatory comment, that’s different.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's legal team asked a federal judge on Thursday to issue a gag order blocking Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from making derogatory comments about him in public.—
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Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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And there would be lots of soldiers around, either Army or National Guard, and the people who were civilians would be young people, very disparaging about the military.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The 2023 Economic Report Of The President published in March of 2023 was relatively disparaging of cryptoassets and DLTs.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
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It must also be said that, for all the lamenting of the Netherlands’ failure to win, West Germany — and Muller — were robbed of a clear goal in the second half due to an erroneous offside flag.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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On Thursday, an erroneous report of a man with a gun sent two Boulder schools into lockdown.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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Convenience can be seductive, but in oncology, where the margin for error is minute, the cost of error, or incomplete or inaccurate information, is disastrous.—
Anna Forsythe,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Patel is facing criticism for the usage of his social media account to announce inaccurate information about Kirk's murder, his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and for the firings of veteran agents.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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Claims that the school was not cooperating with its student groups are untrue, university officials said, and the event will take place at Desert Financial Arena at no cost to students or their organizations.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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But getting anything positive said about my work or any defense against untrue attacks was almost impossible.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Constitution protects a broad swath of speech, including much that the public finds objectionable.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
15 Sep. 2025
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The objectionable verbiage is sorted into categories, with explanations and descriptions.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Unflattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unflattering. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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