Dictionary entry
Veggie
Pronunciation: /ˈvɛdʒi/
Pronunciation
/ˈvɛdʒi/
Myanmar Meaning
အသားငါး မစာသူ။
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 /ʌnpɒpju'lærǝti / n [U] လူထုအႀကိဳက္ မဟုတ္ျခင္း။ the unpopularity of the present government.
Examples
- ‘Megawati's economic policies have also made her highly unpopular.’
- ‘A company that has auditors poring over its accounts is unpopular at any time.’
- ‘He introduced a series of unpopular economic austerity measures to cope with the country's increasing debt burden.’
- ‘Pressing ahead with another referendum would be deeply unpopular with the electorate.’
- ‘Yet the move is deeply unpopular in some quarters.’
- ‘Labour officials point to polls showing that negative campaigning is increasingly unpopular with voters.’
- ‘If our government pursues an unpopular policy
- it has to explain itself to the electorate.’
- ‘Megawati should have the guts to make unpopular policies that will benefit the majority.’
- ‘She was unpopular at times
- but continued to strive for high standards.’
- ‘But don't forget that Korea was one of the most unpopular wars.’
- ‘Last year's hike of seven per cent and the previous year's 16 per cent increase proved highly unpopular.’
- ‘But the scheme and the Iraq war remain very unpopular.’
- ‘As it was
- the government remained unpopular among large sections of the population.’
- ‘Elizabeth Littlewood said: " Locally
- this is a very unpopular decision.’
- ‘Regionally
- US policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has made it extremely unpopular.’
- ‘But the decision has proved hugely unpopular with fans.’
- ‘Why are we allowing our soldiers to risk their lives in the most unpopular war in Australian history?’
- ‘Iraq is deeply unpopular with the French electorate as a whole.’
- ‘Rates were paid only by householders
- and became increasingly unpopular at a time of inflation.’
- ‘She was 28 and unpopular from the start.’