Usage Note
Impopulaire describes a person, policy, or measure that lacks public favour. It is invariable in gender — une décision impopulaire, un ministre impopulaire. The related noun is impopularité. It is a straightforward borrowing from Latin-rooted vocabulary and appears frequently in political journalism.
Examples
"Cette réforme est très impopulaire."
Natural Translation
This reform is very unpopular.

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