How to Use unsupportive in a Sentence

unsupportive

adjective
  • If your unsupportive mattress is keeping you up at night, now’s a great time for an upgrade.
    — Toni Sutton, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Vera had been shuttled in and out of a series of unsupportive foster homes.
    — Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Shauna secures a spot on the world's most unsupportive partner list.
    — Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Shauna secures a spot on the world's most unsupportive partner list.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Your partner is unsupportive of you.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
  • My pillow, an old, stuffy plush option, had become unsupportive after just a few years of use.
    — Nina Huang, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2021
  • And some in the public remained unsupportive of prison labor.
    — Phillip Vance Smith, JSTOR Daily, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Is that being unsupportive, or just doing what your business demands of you?
    — refinery29.com, 4 June 2018
  • Snoring can be more than just an annoying sleep habit or a result of an unsupportive pillow.
    — Amber Joglar, Popular Mechanics, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Asking her a lot of questions and being unsupportive will only push her into his arms.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • My barking dogs have endured so much from walking and hiking in unsupportive footwear during my trip.
    — refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Back pain sufferers know the feeling of waking up stiff and sore on an unsupportive mattress.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Never buy shoes that are too tight or loose, unsupportive or uncomfortable.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024
  • According to his post, his girlfriend felt that his stance wasn’t fair and accused him of being unsupportive.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Tired of tossing and turning on an unsupportive mattress?
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Do not wear flip-flops or other unsupportive footwear when walking long distances, doing yard work, or playing sports.
    — Sarah Richards, Verywell Health, 3 June 2025
  • Discretion is, of course, still needed in unsupportive workplaces, and there remain too many of those.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 11 May 2018
  • For her, setting boundaries isn’t about being unsupportive, but about survival.
    — Ashley Vega, People.com, 12 June 2025
  • Anyone who has ever run with an unsupportive bra on knows how essential the bounce rate measurement truly is.
    — Lauren Swanson, Allure, 25 Sep. 2018
  • But the 34-year-old said her caseworkers seemed distracted and were unsupportive.
    — USA Today, 16 Oct. 2020
  • And a bad romance and an unsupportive father haunt her in flashbacks with less inspired surrealism.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • But some Democrats have seemingly waffled on the idea or been unsupportive completely.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, 3 July 2018
  • Be thankful for the role of the unsupportive and toxic people in your life, and surround yourself with a solid support system.
    — Darlene Aderoju, PEOPLE.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The most common complaint about the kayak is its unsupportive seat, which some paddlers swap out for a more comfortable alternative.
    — Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2022
  • So, before you discount bralettes as unsupportive or uncomfortable, try one that thousands of shoppers love.
    — Kayla Blanton, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Kaplan's son has been able to leave his chest binder off and can easily avoid the unsupportive kids, sticking to communicating with his true friends.
    — Lisa Selin Davis, CNN, 11 June 2020
  • Poor fitting or unsupportive sports bras leave you at risk for uncomfortable chafing, bounce and breast pain while too tight styles squish and dig in, leaving you shapeless.
    — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 28 June 2023
  • Looking stylish may practically be part of your job, but stilettos and other unsupportive shoes are not a hairstylist’s friend.
    — Mara Santilli, SELF, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Trump has been very unsupportive of making places disclose their segregated housing patterns — cities and towns won’t have to report it.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Bryant is rumoured to be unsupportive of her mother's interview, and the lawsuit comes at a difficult time for her family.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 22 Sep. 2020

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