unaccommodating
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈkɒməˌdeɪtɪŋ/
:
inflexible
- She found Kaye gruff and unaccommodating.
Examples
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In fairness to them, even if we all know that they can be snobbish or unaccommodating, generally they are helpful and supportive.
Blog text (20) -
Then, as if seeking a balance to this hard, unaccommodating vision, he looked out his picture window at the hardware equipment littering his backyard.
Fiction book (2000) -
Especially when the person is as unaccommodating as I am.
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Reality, however, frequently proved unaccommodating.
Academic text (1990) -
So what is motivating the EU Commission to be so unaccommodating in their negotiations?
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Still others object to humanism as being too harshly critical, unaccommodating of other lifestances, and insensitive to alternative viewpoints.
Academic text (2000) -
The nonpartisan Judicial Performance Commission said she's often late to work and early to leave, her rulings described as "unpredictable and delayed," and that attorneys find her "rude and unaccommodating."
Blog text (2) -
The manager was unaccommodating, refusing to adjust the schedule for any employee's needs.
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When I requested a later deadline, my professor remained unaccommodating and insisted on the original date.
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Her unaccommodating attitude made it difficult for the team to collaborate on the project.
Synonyms
139
3.4
Not wanting to do something and doing it only because you must
22
4.5
Not willing to help or work with others
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3.0
Not giving useful help or advice
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5.0
Does not give help or support to someone
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8.1
Not willing to help others or do them favors
Not willing to help others or do small favors
Not changed by attempts to persuade or treat it
Antonyms
How Helpful
Surface Forms
Morphology
unaccommodating = accommodating (transparent) = un + accommodate + ing
A straightforward negation of the adjective 'accommodating' using the productive prefix 'un-'.
Etymology
Unaccommodating is made from un- meaning 'not' and accommodating, from accommodate, which originally meant 'to make fit' or give 'room', just like a hotel accommodation that fits you. That's why an unaccommodating person is 'not' willing to give space or help others, so they seem unhelpful.