Standard Lemma guide

unpopular

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Lacking popularity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an unpopular opinion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not liked or popular; disliked or ignored by the public.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unpopular ideas
  • an unpopular war

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: popular

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popular English unpopular From un- + popular.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: impopular — lacking popularity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不得人心 (bùdérénxīn) — lacking popularity
  • Czech: neoblíbený — lacking popularity
  • Czech: nepopulární — lacking popularity
  • Danish: upopulær — lacking popularity
  • Dutch: impopulair — lacking popularity
  • Esperanto: malpopulara — lacking popularity
  • Finnish: epäsuosittu — lacking popularity
  • French: impopulaire — lacking popularity
  • Galician: impopular — lacking popularity
  • Georgian: არაპოპულარული (araṗoṗularuli) — lacking popularity
  • German: unpopulär — lacking popularity
  • German: unbeliebt — lacking popularity
  • Greek: μη δημοφιλής (mi dimofilís) — lacking popularity
  • Greek: αντιδημοτικός (antidimotikós) — lacking popularity
  • Hebrew: לא פופולרי — lacking popularity
  • Hungarian: népszerűtlen — lacking popularity
  • Ido: despopulara — lacking popularity
  • Interlingua: impopular — lacking popularity
  • Italian: impopolare — lacking popularity
  • Italian: inviso — lacking popularity
  • Italian: malvisto — lacking popularity
  • Italian: antipopolare — lacking popularity
  • Italian: sgradito — lacking popularity
  • Italian: poco popolare — lacking popularity
  • Japanese: 不評 (fuhyō) — lacking popularity
  • Kannada: ಜನಪ್ರಿಯವಲ್ಲದ (janapriyavallada) — lacking popularity
  • Khmer: មិនពេញនិយម (mĭnpénhnĭymô) — lacking popularity
  • Latin: invīsus — lacking popularity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: upopulær — lacking popularity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: upopulær — lacking popularity
  • Polish: niepopularny — lacking popularity
  • Portuguese: impopular — lacking popularity
  • Romanian: nepopular — lacking popularity
  • Russian: непопуля́рный (nepopuljárnyj) — lacking popularity
  • Serbo-Croatian: нѐмио — lacking popularity
  • Serbo-Croatian: nèmio — lacking popularity
  • Spanish: impopular — lacking popularity
  • Swedish: impopulär — lacking popularity
  • Urdu: غیرمقبول — lacking popularity
  • Yiddish: אומבאַליבט (umbalibt) — lacking popularity
Real reading context

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