Meaning of impopular | Babel Free

Definitions

Unpopular.

rare

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] God reckons it but Juſtice to help⟳ thoſe, who will not help⟳ themſelves by doing any Thing that may diſpleaſe him, and who, in contradiction to the greateſt Number⟳ and the greateſt Examples, dare do ſuch an impopular and ungracious Thing, as to be religious, to prefer⟳ his Law before the Licence of Men, and Salvation to come⟳ before any preſent Preferment.”

“But the cauſe being ſo very odious and impopular, the tryal of the Verdict was deferred from one Term to another, until upon the Duke of G⁠-⁠-⁠ft⁠-⁠n the Lord Lieutenant’s arrival, his Grace after mature advice, and permiſſion from England, was pleaſed to grant a noli proſequi.”

“No nation could be justified in compelling them to submit⟳ to an impopular dynasty, or to the yoke of feudal and superstitious tyranny.”

“The Stamp⟳ Act was an impopular tax on paper and paper products, the revenue went to the royal treasury and were used to pay⟳ for the British soldiers stationed in America.”

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