Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not disposed to seek the company of others; not sociable.
- adjective Not conducive to social exchange.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not sociable, in any sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not needing the
company of others - adjective not
congenial orcompatible - adjective
unfriendly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not inclined to society or companionship
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nevertheless, the Massachusetts born Bacon was once described as unsociable, free of vice, skeptical in his spiritual thoughts and critical of preachers and their teachings.
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Nevertheless, the Massachusetts born Bacon was once described as unsociable, free of vice, skeptical in his spiritual thoughts and critical of preachers and their teachings.
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Nevertheless, the Massachusetts born Bacon was once described as unsociable, free of vice, skeptical in his spiritual thoughts and critical of preachers and their teachings.
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Nevertheless, the Massachusetts born Bacon was once described as unsociable, free of vice, skeptical in his spiritual thoughts and critical of preachers and their teachings.
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Nevertheless, the Massachusetts born Bacon was once described as unsociable, free of vice, skeptical in his spiritual thoughts and critical of preachers and their teachings.
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Nevertheless, the Massachusetts born Bacon was once described as unsociable, free of vice, skeptical in his spiritual thoughts and critical of preachers and their teachings.
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And lastly - and most importantly - while Arnie's Place had a brief-but-unforgettable ban on fighting games, claiming they were "unsociable," Sike's always had the latest versions of Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter.
The Dark Side Of Arcading silmaril 2005
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But because Miss Lucinda Manners was reserved and "unsociable," as the neighbors pronounced her, I did not, therefore, mean to imply that she was inhuman.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various
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If I failed in any measure in this respect, they reproached me with being "unsociable," and said;
Cape Cod Folks Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895
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Seems kind of unsociable, muffling themselves up behind these hedgerows!
Flaming June George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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