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# unlikeable

«unlikeable» in Mova's school dictionary: **hard to like because they are unkind, rude, selfish or…** — 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 (unlikeable; also spelled unlikable)

### meaning for a pupil

An unlikeable person or character is hard to like because they are unkind, rude, selfish or unpleasant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlikeable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in book reviews and stories about characters: «an unlikeable hero», «an unlikeable villain». It tells the reader how we feel about a character.

### examples

- The main character was so selfish that he was unlikeable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlikeable/#x1)
- Mr Twit is an unlikeable man who plays nasty tricks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlikeable/#x2)
- Some readers found the princess unlikeable at first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlikeable/#x3)
- She was rude and bossy, which made her unlikeable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlikeable/#x4)
- A good writer can make an unlikeable character interesting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlikeable/#x5)
- By the end of the book, the unlikeable boy had changed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unlikeable/#x6)

### note

Two spellings: «unlikeable» (more British) and «unlikable» (more American). Opposite: «likeable». Being unlikeable is not the same as being evil; a character can be annoying but still good.

### In the corpora

- [Feeling lonely at a new school does not mean you are unlikeable; friendships need time and places to grow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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