"impopular" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From im- + popular. In non-native speakers’ English: compare Dutch impopulair, French impopulaire, and Spanish impopular.",
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      "form": "more impopular",
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          "ref": "1647 December 26 – a. 1674, Edward [Hyde], [1st] Earl of Clarendon, “Contemplations and Reflections upon the Psalms of David. Applying those Devotions to the Troubles of the Times.”, in A Collection of Several Tracts of the Right Honourable Edward, Earl of Clarendon, […], London: […] T[homas] Woodward, […], and J[ohn] Peele, […], published 1727, psalm CXIX, section xx, page 714",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
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          "ref": "1721 January 10, Jonathan Swift, “Letter V. From Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope.”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, in Prose, volume II (Letters to and from Dr. Jonathan Swift), London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton, C[harles] Bathurst, and R[obert] Dodsley, published 1741, page 12",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "No nation could be justified in compelling them to submit to an impopular dynasty, or to the yoke of feudal and superstitious tyranny.",
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          "text": "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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        "(rare; obsolete or non-native speakers' English) Unpopular."
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          "text": "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.",
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