How to Use unlikable in a Sentence

unlikable

adjective
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  • 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
  • Isaac plays Davis as a couch-surfing, unlikable, self-loathing jerk.
    — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Just an unlikable character and 'world' to spend two hours in.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Jamie Allenby is the main character and arguably the most unlikable one in the book.
    — Sarah Huffstetler, star-telegram, 5 June 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Megan Valle gets Helen just right — prickly at times, but not unlikable.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • In Seasons 1 and 2, Smith's Philip is an unlikable villain.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2021
  • And fault-ridden Meg Murry — spiky, unlikable Meg Murry, who feels like a monster in her glasses and braces — is what makes the whole thing work so well.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 29 Nov. 2018
  • For instance: To play the complex and often unlikable women in these projects, Arquette wanted to put on weight.
    — Glenn Whipp, latimes.com, 17 June 2019
  • This breeds a funny mix of pugilism and sanctimony that can be, frankly, a little unlikable.
    — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • This version removes some of the Job-like trials that made Ove so ornery, but we’re still expected to buy Hanks as mean and unlikable.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • There's a gruffness to its characters—the young farmer Johnny Saxby is, for much of the movie's runtime, downright unlikable.
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 22 June 2018
  • Locals panned the election as a race of unlikable candidates.
    — Timothy W. Martin and Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 10 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
  • Sherry is such a deeply unlikable character, for one thing.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • The crew rushes to help two teens trapped inside an electric car after an crash; Benn and Maya get caught in a dispute between an unlikable couple.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The most unlikable among them aren’t totally unredeemable.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
  • McDonagh has the nerve to make these characters deeply off-putting, if not downright unlikable, to his audience.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • Tripp has drawn criticism as being too unlikable, much like the late civil servant herself.
    — Diane Garrett, Variety, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The character makes very difficult and unlikable choices throughout the film.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • With 68 regular-season games in the books and four left (including Tuesday night at home again with Miami), these Celtics have emerged as one of the truly unlikable teams in Boston sports lore.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2021
  • Because if the character’s unlikable, the audience won’t pay any attention to it.
    — Scott Huver, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Some Austen fans questioned the choice of the quote — spoken in the novel with deep insincerity by the unlikable Caroline Bingley.
    — Pan Pylas, The Seattle Times, 18 July 2017
  • Some Austen fans questioned the choice of the quote – spoken in the novel with deep insincerity by the unlikable Caroline Bingley.
    — Pan Pylas, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2017
  • Mayor Rahm Emanuel, considered competent yet unlikable, is trying to hold on to the job handed to him on a platter years ago by Chicago’s ruling class.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018

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