Unpopular

Definition

unpopular / ʌn'pɒpjǝlǝ(r) / adj ~ (with sb) အမ်ား မႀကိဳက္ေသာ။ ေရပန္းမစားေသာ။ an unpopular author/ design/ style/ leader ❍ a decision which proved unpopular with most of the residents. ❏ unpopularity /ʌnpɒpju'lærǝti / n [U] လူထုအႀကိဳက္ မဟုတ္ျခင္း။ the unpopularity of the present government.

Examples

1. ‘Megawati's economic policies have also made her highly unpopular.’
2. ‘A company that has auditors poring over its accounts is unpopular at any time.’
3. ‘He introduced a series of unpopular economic austerity measures to cope with the country's increasing debt burden.’
4. ‘Pressing ahead with another referendum would be deeply unpopular with the electorate.’
5. ‘Yet the move is deeply unpopular in some quarters.’
6. ‘Labour officials point to polls showing that negative campaigning is increasingly unpopular with voters.’
7. ‘If our government pursues an unpopular policy
8. it has to explain itself to the electorate.’
9. ‘Megawati should have the guts to make unpopular policies that will benefit the majority.’
10. ‘She was unpopular at times
11. but continued to strive for high standards.’
12. ‘But don't forget that Korea was one of the most unpopular wars.’
13. ‘Last year's hike of seven per cent and the previous year's 16 per cent increase proved highly unpopular.’
14. ‘But the scheme and the Iraq war remain very unpopular.’
15. ‘As it was
16. the government remained unpopular among large sections of the population.’
17. ‘Elizabeth Littlewood said: " Locally
18. this is a very unpopular decision.’
19. ‘Regionally
20. US policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has made it extremely unpopular.’
21. ‘But the decision has proved hugely unpopular with fans.’
22. ‘Why are we allowing our soldiers to risk their lives in the most unpopular war in Australian history?’
23. ‘Iraq is deeply unpopular with the French electorate as a whole.’
24. ‘Rates were paid only by householders
25. and became increasingly unpopular at a time of inflation.’
26. ‘She was 28 and unpopular from the start.’