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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpopular/#m1)

2) An unpopular decision, rule or idea is one many people disagree with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpopular/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpopular/#x1)
- Broccoli is unpopular in our house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpopular/#x2)
- The king became unpopular when he raised taxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpopular/#x3)
- It was an unpopular decision, but it was the right one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpopular/#x4)
- Being unpopular for a while is better than being unkind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpopular/#x5)
- The film was unpopular at first but is now loved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpopular/#x6)
- Her hard rule made her very unpopular, and it was commonly believed that she had made away with Prince Alphege. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpopular/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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