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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 unlikable In A Sentence
- It's hard to imagine Giuliani not leading the "unlikable" category! TPM Track Composite: Obama's Big Lead Holding Steady
- Men, on the other hand, were more evenly divided in their response, but failed to show the same preferential bias for acts of "informational warfare" against the unlikable classmate.
- Allison Iraheta hit it out of the park, and for once the judges supported her (well, except for Simon who blamed her for seeming "unlikable"). Mjsbigblog
- And I'll get all over that "unlikable" thing right after I've finished dealing with that personal hygiene problem you just told me I have. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
- It's all a bunch of unlikable characters being cruel to each other.
- For starters, it has an unlikable protagonist, a man who lies, steals, womanizes, drinks, daydreams and generally epitomizes uselessness.
- The characters were so unlikable to me that I just didn't care about how tragic their situation was.
- It's hard to make unlikable characters interesting, but Igby somehow has just the right tone of sly humor, just the right hint of cartoonish sincerity.
- We once liked to be unlikable, now the missing e is restored and unlikable is unloveable. Times, Sunday Times
- I forgive them for that and their behaviour because In the end it comes down to the fact that everyone is insecure, and conveys their insecurity sometimes in unlikable and irritating ways when they are various situations. Lampreys, Megamouths and Cane Toads: Overmarketing