ill-received
adj1
Poorly received; not enjoying the positive reception expected.
- The Human Stain tells the tale of Coleman Silk, a classics tutor at a fictional Massachusetts college, whose life spirals into chaos after he makes an ill-received remark judged by some as a racial slur.2012, “Author Roth rebukes Wikipedia over Human Stain edit”, in BBC News, BBC:
- Being one day ill-received, he left off his visits: Rousseau met him afterwards in the street, and asked him why he did not come.1843, J. Russell, The Causes of the French Revolution, A. & R. Spottiswoode, page 165
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- President Clinton's campaign of contrition began in his ill-received Aug. 17 expression of regret.2012, William Safire, “On Language; Stop Me Before I Apologize Again”, in New York Times: