Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unflattering manner; without flattery.
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- adverb In such a manner as to be
unflattering
Etymologies
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Examples
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The thing hangs unflatteringly over my bony shoulders.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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The thing hangs unflatteringly over my bony shoulders.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Dismissed before this season began, and compared unflatteringly with neighbouring Yorkshire, who were tipped as likely champions, Lancashire shocked everyone.
Peter Moores: Of course I wonder what might have been with England | Donald McRae 2011
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The thing hangs unflatteringly over my bony shoulders.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Don't forget, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are no longer speaking to Anne Hathaway because she portrayed Katie Holmes unflatteringly in an SNL sketch an SNL sketch for crying out loud!
Phil Perrier: Wiki Gervais Phil Perrier 2011
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More than 24 hours after the $39 billion deal was announced, you can still view a number of videos that unflatteringly contrast video-chat on AT&T's iPhone 4 with the same function on T-Mobile's My Touch 4G.
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Short, unwaisted, but belted at the hips, the gown presents an unflatteringly bulbous silhouette.
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This is somewhere on the aggression scale below writing a memoir that portrays her unflatteringly and above commissioning a statue of her by someone you know is bad at sculpting.
David Arquette? The subtle art of the C-SPAN breakup Alexandra Petri 2010
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Seaver's New York career began, after a stint in the Navy, in 1958 at the firm of George Braziller, about whom he writes unflatteringly.
He Knew It When He Saw It James Campbell 2012
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Don't forget, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are no longer speaking to Anne Hathaway because she portrayed Katie Holmes unflatteringly in an SNL sketch an SNL sketch for crying out loud!
Phil Perrier: Wiki Gervais Phil Perrier 2011
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