unlikable
adjective
un·lik·able
ˌən-ˈlī-kə-bəl 
variants
or less commonly unlikeable
: not having pleasant or appealing qualities : not likable
an utterly unlikable character
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Part of the fun for them is playing men who are unlikable in different ways.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
Scott has made a career of being unlikable.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Many of world literature’s most unlikable protagonists start unlikeable and end unlikeable.
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Ryan Clark, Cam Newton, and Robert Griffin III made Jackson unlikable.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
Scott has made a career of being unlikable.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Many of world literature’s most unlikable protagonists start unlikeable and end unlikeable.
—Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
Ryan Clark, Cam Newton, and Robert Griffin III made Jackson unlikable.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Unlikable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unlikable. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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