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# unflattering

«unflattering» in Mova's school dictionary: **making someone or something look or seem worse than they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unflattering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unflattering means making someone or something look or seem worse than they really are, like an unflattering photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unflattering/#m1)

2) Unflattering words are honest but not kind or praising. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unflattering/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: unflattering photos, clothes, light or haircuts. In media lessons, newspapers can choose unflattering pictures to make someone look bad – a form of bias. In feedback, an unflattering review points out problems.

### examples

- That photo of me with my eyes shut is so unflattering! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unflattering/#x1)
- The newspaper used an unflattering picture of the mayor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unflattering/#x2)
- Bright yellow light can be unflattering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unflattering/#x3)
- The critic wrote an unflattering review of the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unflattering/#x4)
- The baggy uniform was unflattering on everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unflattering/#x5)
- The diary gives an unflattering picture of the queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unflattering/#x6)

### note

From «flatter», to praise too much or make look good. Opposite: «flattering». It does not mean «not flat».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unflattering» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unflattering/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.