unpopular B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˌənˈpɑːpjəlɝ/ See IPA manual Freq #19595 Meanings 1 adj Not liked or supported by many people The new tax was deeply unpopular with voters. 2 adj Not liked by the people around you He became unpopular at school after telling on his classmates. Thesaurus ↔ Opposites popular Word family Derived forms unpopularityunpopularizeunpopularly Common collocations socially unpopular Adverb + adjective Etymology AI details From un- + popular. Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # unpopular **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌənˈpɑːpjəlɝ/ **Frequency rank:** 19595 ## Meanings 1. Not liked or supported by many people 2. Not liked by the people around you ## Examples - The new tax was deeply unpopular with voters. - He became unpopular at school after telling on his classmates. ## Antonyms - popular ## Derived Forms - unpopularity - unpopularize - unpopularly ## Etymology From un- + popular. ## AI Etymology Unpopular is from un- + popular. The surface analysis is un- + popular. The prefix un- supplies the negative or reversive element. In present-day use, it can mean not liked or supported by many people, or not liked by the people around you. Derived formations include unpopularity, unpopularize, unpopularly. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown