unpopular

B2
US /ˌənˈpɑːpjəlɝ/
adj Freq #19595

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval

    unpopular ideas

  2. 2
    adj

    Lacking popularity.

    an unpopular opinion

  3. 3
    adj

    Not liked or popular; disliked or ignored by the public.

    And as congressional Republicans were passing a very unpopular Trump agenda bill last month, Vice President JD Vance argued that its historic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and new immigration enforcement provisions were so important that “everything else” was “immaterial.”

Etymology

From un- + popular.

Thesaurus

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Derived forms unpopularityunpopularizeunpopularly

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