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unlikability

unlikability noun: the quality of being unlikable.

Noun

unlikability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unlikable.
    • Kathryn Walat, a playwright who attended, said, “Most startling was the reaction to women writing —— and I think of my own work —— about female protagonists and the unlikability of those characters.”2009 June 24, Patricia Cohen, “Rethinking Gender Bias in Theater”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    unlikeableness

Synonyms of unlikability

Forms of unlikability

alternative formunlikeability

Origin of unlikability

From un- + likability.

Questions about unlikability

What does unlikability mean?
Unlikability means the quality of being unlikable.
What part of speech is unlikability?
Unlikability is a noun.

Words near unlikability in the dictionary

  1. unlightedness
  2. unlightened
  3. unlighting
  4. unlights
  5. unlignified
  6. unlikability
  7. unlikable
  8. unlikableness
  9. unlikably
  10. unlike
  11. unlike-minded

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