UNPOPULAR


Meaning of UNPOPULAR in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

popular/unpopular

This view has become increasingly popular in society.

It’s now a rather unpopular view.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

deeply

A string of sensational stories has made them deeply unpopular .

She did things which were deeply unpopular to a large section of the political community which she was striving to hold together.

What we did not hear was that his objectionable manner made him deeply unpopular with black people in his district.

It has pledged to end the deeply unpopular draft and to reduce the 80,000-strong army.

The war is deeply unpopular , but Mugabe remains firmly committed to it.

The first assessment was made in 1662, but the tax proved deeply unpopular and was finally abolished in 1689.

Even water privatisation, which every opinion poll showed to be a deeply unpopular measure, was almost six times over-subscribed.

The episcopalians, by contrast, strongly opposed the Union, which proved to be deeply unpopular .

extremely

It was extremely unpopular because it was a symbol of Roman rule.

Both the 6: 30 staff meetings and the WSOAs proved extremely unpopular .

After his speech the night before in the Academy, Brown had become an extremely unpopular figure amongst the ruling elite.

Local government reorganisation was also extremely unpopular among people concerned with the smaller local authorities which would be abolished.

This radical change of emphasis proved to be extremely unpopular with doctors both in primary care and the hospital service.

highly

Yet an extra levy on names to replenish it would be highly unpopular .

Still, the emergency loan was highly unpopular in both countries.

With important municipal elections due in October, they were unwilling to be associated with his highly unpopular economic austerity policies.

Under the highly unpopular Videnov, the Socialist government resisted implementing economic reforms.

It was a highly unpopular Act; nevertheless it remained on the statute books until 1815.

It may have appeared to make political sense for Dole to tie Baer and his highly unpopular ruling to Clinton.

Polls indicate Gingrich is highly unpopular .

increasingly

Rights issues have become increasingly unpopular over the last decade or so.

Their bowed shape can be justified on the assumption that both inflation and unemployment become increasingly unpopular the higher they are.

The links with the unions, increasingly unpopular , dispirited, and losing membership, were no longer a source of strength.

Thenceforward he became increasingly unpopular and involved in frequent quarrels.

Though it succeeded in slowing inflation, it also slowed growth and became increasingly unpopular .

Bradstreet was a moderate who was increasingly unpopular with those who wished to fight royal attacks on the colony's charter.

But it also raises questions for the increasingly unpopular military rulers.

Mr Mugabe's party is increasingly unpopular among city workers.

more

Why would the Labor Party exchange Mr Hawke for some one even more unpopular ?

Mrs Thatcher was always more unpopular than her party.

most

Anthony Gould was said to be one of the most unpopular men in the prison because of a crusade against drug abuse.

This estate is now one of the most unpopular in the city.

The war became a most unpopular one domestically as the toll of dead and injured steadily mounted.

The most unpopular of the security forces is the Ulster Defence Regiment, the locally-recruited and predominantly Protestant force.

politically

Lastly, both programmes have almost universally been politically unpopular in the countries where they have been launched.

But raising those rates is a very public -- and potentially very politically unpopular -- act.

The difficulty in cutting government expenditure Cuts in government expenditure are politically unpopular .

What is more, tax increases or cuts in government expenditure are politically unpopular .

They are politically unpopular and discriminate against those with high borrowing commitments, such as those with large mortgages.

so

What made them so unpopular that they aren't even commemorated in a country name.

Barnett did not stoop to the kind of chicanery that had made Davis so unpopular .

The administration would hate this, largely because the petrol tax is so unpopular in the open spaces of the West.

I see now what makes a congressman so unpopular .

They might be, predictably, so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them in the first place.

The vicar is now so unpopular that only a handful of people still attend St Mary's Church.

But what made the community charge so unpopular was its size and certain iniquities.

very

These classes were very unpopular with Contact members.

The good news is that everyone who is anyone wants to meet the man who replaced the very unpopular Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

This was very unpopular with the middle-class whites.

This is likely to be very unpopular and further reinforces individual dependency.

This explains why, when I cam along, I was very unpopular .

■ NOUN

decision

This strained family relationships, especially those of Committee members when unpopular decisions had to be made.

Coaches are paid to make unpopular decisions , and Kasper made one in Toronto.

government

For a new chancellor, presenting a budget for an unpopular government , it was the best he could do.

Ankara diplomats saw his resignation as a way of distancing himself from an unpopular government .

policy

Without the consensus achieved in Cabinet, ministers are free to disclaim responsibility for unpopular policies .

war

Few of them cared to talk about their jobs; they were as reticent as veterans of an unpopular war .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an unpopular decision

Mr Venables must be the most unpopular teacher in school.

The government is more unpopular now than it has been for years.

The taxes proved extremely unpopular with the electorate.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

After his speech the night before in the Academy, Brown had become an extremely unpopular figure amongst the ruling elite.

But as we have seen, he was extremely careful to avoid public association with the generally unpopular pogrom-type anti-Semitic outrages.

Coal has become unpopular and, paradoxically, in view of the Greens' increased influence, nuclear power has experienced a resurgence.

For such an unpopular phenomenon, the world sure sees a lot of inflation.

Hence it was reluctant to take the unpopular measures deemed by some to be necessary to tackle Britain's long-term problems.

Repeal also would be unpopular in such places as Augusta, Ga., home of the Masters golf tournament.

Reviving the moribund nuclear industry would be tough and unpopular , and could take many years to produce more power.

To court voters, Richard Nixon had ended the inequitable and unpopular draft.

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