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- noun The quality of being
unlikable
Etymologies
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Examples
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The conventional reply to this is that the American people fundamentally "like" Barack Obama, or that the GOP candidate will make the election an unlikability Olympics.
Obama's Likability Gap Daniel Henninger 2011
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The problem with the movie is the unlikability of Kate.
Jackie K. Cooper: I Don't Know How She Does It Evokes a "Don't Care" Response Jackie K. Cooper 2011
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In 2004, it was Kerry's "flip-flops," his "distorted" war record, stiffness, unlikability and inability to "connect" with voters.
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In 2004, it was Kerry's "flip-flops," his "distorted" war record, stiffness, unlikability and inability to "connect" with voters.
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But, as Bill Schneider now reports, Democrats are quietly afraid that Hillary Clinton's unlikability could cause a backlash among voters.
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Her big liability is her unlikability, which of course is addressed.
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Bond\'s surly unlikability and the steroid allegations against him.
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In general, I can't help but feel that a lot of television writers are ramping up their characters' unlikability--because that's what's cool these days--without even trying to compensate for it by making these lowlifes interesting.
This is Not the Post You're Looking For and Other "Maelstrom" Thoughts Abigail Nussbaum 2007
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By the way, he's had a 60 percent increase in awareness and an 88 percent increase in unlikability.
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You've got Kobe Bryant, the tests say that 52 percent of the people don't like him, almost as bad as another guy, Latrell Sprewell, in terms of unlikability.
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