不ふ人にん気き

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き

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

unpopular; lacking popularity

Describes people, things, policies, or ideas that are not well-liked or lack public support. Used both as a noun and as a な-adjective.

あの政せい治じ家かは国こく民みんの間あいだで不ふ人

にん

気き

だ

。

That politician is unpopular among the public.

新しんメニューは不ふ人にん気きで、すぐに消きえた。

The new menu item was unpopular and disappeared quickly.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が不ふ人にん気きになるfor something to become unpopular
この商しょう品ひんは値ね上あげのせいで不ふ人にん気きになった。
This product became unpopular because of the price increase.
不ふ人にん気きな〈物もの〉an unpopular (thing/policy)
不ふ人にん気きな政せい策さくのせいで、内ない閣かくの支し持じ率りつが下さがった。
〈事こと〉で不ふ人にん気きを買かうto incur unpopularity because of something
増ぞう税ぜいで不ふ人にん気きを買かった首しゅ相しょう。
A prime minister who became unpopular due to the tax hike.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
人person
気spirit, mind, air

Related words

不ふ評ひょうN1
不評 focuses on a bad reputation or negative reviews, while 不人気 simply means a lack of popularity or public favor.

Opposites

人にん気きN4
人気 means 'popularity/popular', while 不人気 is its negation, meaning 'unpopular'.
持もてるN2
不人気 means 'unpopular', the opposite of 持てる in its sense of being liked or romantically appealing.
大だい人にん気き
不人気 means unpopular, the direct opposite of 大人気's 'hugely popular'.

Don't confuse with

不ふ人にん情じょう
不人情 (heartless, unsympathetic) looks and sounds similar to 不人気 (unpopular) but describes a person's cold character, not a lack of popularity.

Built from

不ふ+人にん気き

Etymology

Formed from the prefix 不 (ふ, 'not') + 人気 (にんき, 'popularity'). The kanji 不 is a common negating prefix, and 人気 is a Sino-Japanese word meaning 'popularity'.

Because of the unpopular policy, the cabinet's approval rating dropped.