unflattering
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definition
adjective
the reviews of the book were very unflattering
not flattering.
example
An 'unflattering' painting of the Queen Mother has surfaced after being quietly kept from public view for more than 25 years.
I think there is a lot of truth in that statement even if it does paint an 'unflattering' portrait.
Despite his quiet, diffident manner, the Humberside police chief is becoming used to an 'unflattering' limelight.
My only gripe is that it becomes a decidedly 'unflattering' portrait of a man who will always be known as a funny genius.
Go back further, to the heavy-hitters of the western canon, and plenty of 'unflattering' portraits exist as well.
Without it, Gucci looked heavy, 'unflattering' and - deadliest blow of all to high fashion - bourgeois.
The couple spent most of their wedding night with the magazine's picture editor making sure no 'unflattering' images made it on to the printed page.
Kramer and his allies are hell-bent on drawing an 'unflattering' picture of the candidate and his crew.
What do these 'unflattering' portraits tell us about the current status of designers?
How can you criticise someone in such 'unflattering' terms, and then suggest that he has what it takes to lead their party?
Exclamation marks suggest a certain 'unflattering' ingratiation, especially in letters written to strangers.
Charlotte, the Yale graduate in her 'unflattering' woollen tank-top is made to feel dowdy and dull by this jabbering Valley girl.
The hairstyles she wore were being shown in different media after I met her and the songs and movies they showed were very 'unflattering' .
What do we imagine they are like, these disagreeable reflections, these 'unflattering' mirrors that our thoughts provide?
Its 'unflattering' portrait was viewed as uncharitable, an instance of speaking ill of the dead.
My fears of an 'unflattering' portrait with a Pinocchio nose begin to recede.
A suitably 'unflattering' headshot of the party's candidate is a must for me, and the Greens have not disappointed.
The historical records that paint such an 'unflattering' portrait of the town have just been released on the internet.
The Greenyards side continued to push for points, and brightened an otherwise 'unflattering' picture with two late, great scores.
Humans are discussed as arrogant and blundering, an 'unflattering' contrast to the innocent and compassionate chimps or gorillas.
She had commented 'unflatteringly' on his previous girlfriend.
The pregnant clouds had finally given up, and my sodden t-shirt was beginning to cling 'unflatteringly' .
The slightest miscue was liable to be 'unflatteringly' magnified.
He was appointed in 2002 to pull Grendon into the mainstream of the prison system, and speaks 'unflatteringly' of what he found when he arrived.
From the same perspective, she also comments 'unflatteringly' on the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal.
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