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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Poorly received; not enjoying the positive reception expected..
Being one day ill-received, he left off his visits: Rousseau met him afterwards in the street, and asked him why he did not come.
The Human Stain tells the tale of Coleman Silk, a classics tutor at a fictional Massachusetts college, whose life spirals into chaos after he makes an ill-received remark judged by some as a racial slur.
President Clinton's campaign of contrition began in his ill-received Aug. 17 expression of regret.
Use ill-received when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ill-received means Poorly received; not enjoying the positive reception expected..
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Being one day ill-received, he left off his visits: Rousseau met him afterwards in the street, and asked him why he did not come.
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