The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word UNPOPULAR
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More clues leading to the result UNPOPULAR
- Ring up pal involved in stupid run-out
- Rejected wordplay quietly sent back by Paul or edited
- Happy about entering Arctic perhaps after peacekeeping force gets out
- A bit like Corbyn, Ron Paul up for revolution
- Not in a Parisian university in wood
- A French university in London area which is not favoured
- Disliked hollow uneven tree outside university
- Dreadful pun our pal hated
- Shunned, set upon, star gives up sex
- A French tree seen around uni lacking admirers?
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What does UNPOPULAR mean?
UNPOPULAR adjective- Lacking popularity
- Not liked or popular; disliked or ignored by the public.