: not having pleasant or appealing qualities : not likable
an utterly unlikable character
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebBecause if the character’s unlikable, the audience won’t pay any attention to it. Scott Huver, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022 Oswalt was quickly impressed by the material's fearless exploration of unlikable characters. Christian Holub, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022 Trivializing the real trauma suffered by the members of a support group Danni joins — including Mia Isaac’s Rowan, a high-schooler who lost her sister to a school shooting — makes Danni an unlikable person, to be sure. Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post, 28 July 2022 Siegel says its central character is pretty unlikable — but therein lies a different kind of representation for Southeast Asian characters. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2022 And in more than 250 episodes, little-sister character Dora Winifred Read was a blissfully unwholesome role model for little girls: smart, funny, and unlikable. Jenny Singer, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2022 The real question is: What makes Danni so unlikable? A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2022 Back to this idea of Deborah Vance as potentially unlikable. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 16 June 2022 Almost no one is entirely likable or unlikable; lust and ambition are simultaneously reveled in and condemned.New York Times, 12 July 2022 See More