Definitions

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  • adjective Not cooperative.

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  • adjective Not cooperative.

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  • adjective intentionally unaccommodating
  • adjective unwilling to cooperate

Etymologies

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un- +‎ cooperative

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Examples

  • Finnair CEO Jukka Hienonen resigns, dissatisfied with pace of change, uncooperative unions Finnair chief executive Hienone resignsHELSINKI - Finnair PLC president and CEO Jukka Hienonen says he is resigning because he is not satisfied with the pace of change in the airline during the current challenging times, Hienone also blamed what he described as uncooperative unions.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • Finnair chief executive Hienone resignsHELSINKI - Finnair PLC president and CEO Jukka Hienonen says he is resigning because he is not satisfied with the pace of change in the airline during the current challenging times, Hienone also blamed what he described as uncooperative unions.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • HELSINKI (AP) - Finnair PLC president and CEO Jukka Hienonen says he is resigning because he is not satisfied with the pace of change in the times, Hienone also blamed what he described as uncooperative unions.

    WN.com - Articles related to NetJets posts loss as revenue dives 43% 2009

  • Imagine how many minds, trapped within uncooperative bodies, that would unlock.

    Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2008 » April 2008

  • The teen was described as "uncooperative" by police and gave a second address of where he was shot - in Ada Park, on the 11200 block of South Ada Street, also in the

    News - chicagotribune.com By Peter Nickeas 2012

  • The teen was described as "uncooperative" by police and gave a second address of where he was shot - in Ada Park, on the 11200 block of South Ada Street, also in the Roseland neighborhood.

    News - chicagotribune.com By Peter Nickeas 2012

  • Crowley knew the identity of the resident before he called dispatch to complain that subject was "uncooperative"--if he lived there, there was nothing to cooperate about.

    A discrepancy emerges 2009

  • • In this case, the program that's run is "uncooperative" - that is, it doesn't do everything through MS-DOS system calls, sometimes going beyond the operating system to write directly to the hardware addresses such as those of screen memory.

    Gizmodo 2009

  • National: Justice Dept called uncooperative on voting rights LINK

    'Daily Voting News' For July 23, 2008 2008

  • Liechtenstein, alongside Andorra and Monaco, remain on a shrinking list of so-called uncooperative tax havens drawn up in 2002 by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

    Stolen Data Spur Tax Probes Mike Esterl, Glenn R. Simpson 2008

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  • A cooperative that's gone bankrupt?

    January 28, 2016