unpopular

«unpopular» in Mova's school dictionary: not liked by many people or by most people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (unpopular, more unpopular, most unpopular)

meaning for a pupil

1) Unpopular means not liked by many people or by most people. tree →

2) An unpopular decision, rule or idea is one many people disagree with. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, an unpopular rule might be a ban on football at break. In stories, an unpopular character has few friends or is disliked. In history and news, rulers and laws can be unpopular. Phrases: "unpopular with", "deeply unpopular", "an unpopular decision".

examples

• The new uniform was very unpopular with the pupils. tree →
• Broccoli is unpopular in our house. tree →
• The king became unpopular when he raised taxes. tree →
• It was an unpopular decision, but it was the right one. tree →
• Being unpopular for a while is better than being unkind. tree →
• The film was unpopular at first but is now loved. tree →
• Her hard rule made her very unpopular, and it was commonly believed that she had made away with Prince Alphege. tree →

note

It is un- (not) + popular. Noun: unpopularity. Pattern: "unpopular with someone". In ethics lessons, pupils learn that doing the right thing can sometimes be unpopular.

In the corpora

• Courage means doing what is right even when it is scary or unpopular.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unpopular» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.