unloved
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Purifoy’s fantastical assemblages made of found objects and unloved detritus provided the most fitting example of the creative desert mindset.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
“If it was cheap, unloved, and had a balance sheet I could get my arms around, I was interested,” he writes in a Tuesday post.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
He suggests investors take advantage of modest pullbacks to increase exposure to these until recently unloved areas of the market.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
At either end of the competitive spectrum, the discipline is largely ignored and unloved but, within its own hardcore athletics club community, it remains strong.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
I couldn’t stop reading about the horrors—especially the stories about orphan asylums filled with unloved and underfed waifs.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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