Examples of unflattering in a Sentence
She was wearing the most unflattering outfit.
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We got used to this color enough to complain when early LEDs debuted in horrifyingly unflattering, stay-awake-all-night whites.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
The executive director of Child Care Aware of Minnesota, a nonprofit that serves childhood educators, said the publicity will be unflattering.
—Mark Vancleave, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
The game in Italy is still haunted by Calciopoli, the crisis two decades ago that, among other things, shone an unflattering light on the power and influence behind the appointment of referees in Serie A.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Three episodes into its third season, Euphoria delivers a Cassie crashout more theatrical than the time her sister Lexi wrote an extremely unflattering depiction of Cassie into the school play.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
The executive director of Child Care Aware of Minnesota, a nonprofit that serves childhood educators, said the publicity will be unflattering.
—Mark Vancleave, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
The game in Italy is still haunted by Calciopoli, the crisis two decades ago that, among other things, shone an unflattering light on the power and influence behind the appointment of referees in Serie A.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Three episodes into its third season, Euphoria delivers a Cassie crashout more theatrical than the time her sister Lexi wrote an extremely unflattering depiction of Cassie into the school play.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Unflattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unflattering. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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