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UK
/ʌnlˈaɪkəbəl/
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ADJECTIVE
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(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic -
difficult or impossible to like
a disagreeable and unlikable old woman
How To Use unlikeable In A Sentence
- Such fabulously unlikeable petulance, such hubris and arrogance. Times, Sunday Times
- Then I hightailed across town to see ‘King of Stains’ at Bats, where Gibby played the most unlikeable character ever, and so well!
- What I got instead was a gut-wrenchingly awful representation of my community, peopled with unlikeable and unsympathetic characters.
- With the support of the ad agency's unlikeable owners, Greer delivers an ultimatum: book into detox or lose your cushy job.
- The characters are unlikeable at the beginning, and, after they experience some minor plot-developments (almost all off-stage), they're still unlikeable at the end.
- With the support of the ad agency's unlikeable owners, Greer delivers an ultimatum: book into detox or lose your cushy job.
- A diplomat's son, a photojournalist, a wealthy adventurer, a Peace Corps veteran - these are unlikeable characters, but affecting and recognizably products of a bloated yet dominant America.
- She comes off as mad unlikeable, I gotta be honest.
- The characters are unlikeable at the beginning, and, after they experience some minor plot-developments (almost all off-stage), they're still unlikeable at the end.
- This proliferating self-examination, however, has often been seen as an unlikeable, irresponsible tendency in contemporary literature.
