unpopularity

unpopular | American Dictionary

unpopular
adjective
us/ʌnˈpɑp·jə·lər/
not liked or enjoyed by many people:
I’m not surprised the mayor is unpopular.

Examples of unpopular

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His strict regime made the college administration very unpopular with the students.
As always in times of retrenchment, elected officials have needed to win the goodwill of voters and interest groups for these unpopular cutbacks.
That is why instrumentally rational governments seek to share the blame for unpopular pension reforms by implicating either the opposition or the trades unions.
The prediction, then, is that both popular and unpopular parties behave responsibly.
The elections permitted it to avoid responsibility for unpopular decisions of village committees.
Situations of perceived emergency can induce contending political groups to agree upon unpopular, painful measures.
Another lesson is that an acute crisis may be used by politicians to make unpopular, but in a long-term view important reforms.
History shows many examples of power remaining in the hands of unpopular ruling elites.
Rather than face the repercussions of enforcing unpopular laws on them, they usually preferred to risk severe penalties for inaction and non-reporting.
Without a doubt, military rule is the most unpopular form of governance in these three countries.
Having the courage to take unpopular decisions was clearly not the way to reap electoral rewards.
When citizens do not notice unpopular changes, politicians are freer to act.
To preach a keen interest in how architecture is actually made can be downright unpopular, especially within a school of architecture.
Farmers could become very unpopular if they appeared too eager to litigate and could become the focus of discontent.
If they are sufficiently unpopular, the costs may greatly exceed the benefits (of re-election).
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