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unaccepting

unaccepting

1 5.8
Refusing to welcome people or ideas different from your own
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnəkˈsɛptɪŋ/
: inaceptante
  • She became unaccepting of behavior that she considered disrespectful during the meeting.

Examples

  • The committee was unaccepting of any suggestions that challenged their original plan.

  • I feel like gay dudes unaccepting as fuck, man.

  • I went to countless family functions, including a huge Williams family reunion, and I never once felt unaccepted or was unaccepting of anyone in his family, who was now also my family.

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  • Many students felt their unaccepting attitude towards newcomers created a hostile environment.

Synonyms

disapproving
vsunaccepting
10 3.4

Showing that you do not agree with or like something

is an active refusal or intolerance, not just a negative opinion
unaccommodating
vsunaccepting
1 7.0

Not willing to help or change plans for others

is a broader unwillingness to allow or put up with behaviour or people
unamenable
vsunaccepting
1 8.7

Not changed by attempts to persuade or treat it

is a broader unwillingness to allow or put up with things or people
repudiative
vsunaccepting
  • Formal
9.9

Showing strong refusal, especially in a formal statement

is a milder personal unwillingness rather than formal emphatic denial

Antonyms

tolerant
71 3.2

Accepting of people and ideas that are different

accepting
39 3.6

Willing to welcome new ideas, people, or situations without judging them

How Accepting

open-minded
172 3.7
accepting
39 3.6
tolerant
71 3.2
unaccepting
1 5.8
closed-minded
16 5.2

Surface Forms

unaccepting positive

Morphology

unaccepting = accepting (transparent) = un + accept + ing

Formed by productive negation un- added to the participial/adjectival 'accepting'; the meaning 'not accepting' follows directly from its parts.

Etymology

Unaccepting is made from un- 'not' and accept 'to take or receive', the same root as capture ('to take'). So a person who is unaccepting is 'not willing to take or receive' ideas or people, and does not welcome them.