unpopular en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popular English unpopular From un- + popular.
Meanings
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Lacking popularity.
an unpopular opinion
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Not liked or popular; disliked or ignored by the public.
And as congressional Republicans were passing a very unpopular Trump agenda bill last month, Vice President JD Vance argued that its historic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and new immigration enforcement provisions were so important that “everything else” was “immaterial.”
2025 July 13, Aaron Blake, “Trump’s mass deportation is backfiring”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unpopular | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unpopular | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unpopularly · unpopularise · unpopularize · unpopularity
Translations (41)
it antipopolare (lacking popularity) · eo malpopulara (lacking popularity) · km មិនពេញនិយម (lacking popularity) · es impopular (lacking popularity) · cmn 不得人心 (lacking popularity) · pl niepopularny (lacking popularity) · de unpopulär (lacking popularity) · it malvisto (lacking popularity) · io despopulara (lacking popularity) · hu népszerűtlen (lacking popularity) · ja 不評 (lacking popularity) · la invīsus (lacking popularity) · sh нѐмио (lacking popularity) · gl impopular (lacking popularity) · sv impopulär (lacking popularity) · ru непопуля́рный (lacking popularity) · yi אומבאַליבט (lacking popularity) · kn ಜನಪ್ರಿಯವಲ್ಲದ (lacking popularity) · ur غیرمقبول (lacking popularity) · he לא פופולרי (lacking popularity) · el αντιδημοτικός (lacking popularity) · it inviso (lacking popularity) · ca impopular (lacking popularity) · it poco popolare (lacking popularity) · sh nèmio (lacking popularity) · ia impopular (lacking popularity) · fr impopulaire (lacking popularity) · ro nepopular (lacking popularity) · ka არაპოპულარული (lacking popularity) · nl impopulair (lacking popularity) · pt impopular (lacking popularity) · de unbeliebt (lacking popularity) · cs nepopulární (lacking popularity) · cs neoblíbený (lacking popularity) · nn upopulær (lacking popularity) · it sgradito (lacking popularity) · fi epäsuosittu (lacking popularity) · da upopulær (lacking popularity) · it impopolare (lacking popularity) · el μη δημοφιλής (lacking popularity) · nb upopulær (lacking popularity)