non-popularadj.n.
/nɒnˈpɒpjᵿlə/, U.S. /nɑnˈpɑpjələr/ Not popular; not originating from or appealing to the populace or to people in general (cf. unpopular adj.). Also as n.: that which is not popular.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > unpopularity > [adjective]
unplausible1563
unpopular1614
impopular1721
welcomeless1838
non-popular1860
1860 Ladies' Repository June 381/2 The institution of the jury—itself the result of the popular distrust of the government, and, therefore, properly adapted to only non-popular governments, [etc.].
1895 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 374 For that task is the substitution, for a non-popular but distinctly effective system, of some unknown scheme which by the hypothesis must be non-popular also, and for smooth working of which there is no guarantee.
1932 Speculum 7 250 The fact that the plan was given up after two years..could be cited to support an hypothesis that the mystery experiment in municipal election was decidedly non-popular.
1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 Oct. a8 It was not a quota in the older sense of an arbitrary limit put on the number of members of a non-popular group who would be admitted to an institution which was looking down its nose at them.
1993 R. Middleton Studying Pop. Music (BNC) 6 The non-popular is, depending on the perspective, either what the popular has tried to replace or what has tried to replace the popular.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1860