unneighborliness
- noun
- /ʌnˈneɪbərliːnəs/
- US
:
desamabilidad
- Their continued unneighborliness made it hard for new residents to feel welcome.
Examples
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His unneighborliness was evident when he refused to help the elderly couple next door.
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Her unneighborliness made it difficult for anyone to approach her.
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Acts of unneighborliness can negatively affect a community's sense of unity.
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She was surprised by the unneighborliness in what seemed like such a friendly town.
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The community suffered from unneighborliness during the winter months.
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Acts of unneighborliness can create a hostile environment for families in the neighborhood.
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Many residents expressed their disappointment over the increasing unneighborliness among neighbors.
Synonyms
3
4.1
Lack of care for other people
1
3.9
A cold, not kind way of behaving toward other people
Lack of friendliness and harmony in a group or place
A lack of welcome or friendliness to guests
A way of acting toward other people that is distant and not friendly
A quality of being unpleasant and hard to get along with that makes people avoid you
A lack of kindness or willingness to help others
Being rude and not polite to other people
Behavior that is rude and shows bad manners in social situations
Rude actions that show a lack of politeness
Antonyms
How Neighborly
- US
2
3.2
103
1.0
3
2.3
71
4.6
- US
147
4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
unneighborliness = unneighborly (transparent) = un + neighbor + ly + ness
Formed regularly from 'unneighborly' by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness'.
Etymology
Unneighborliness comes from un- ('not'), neighbor ('someone who lives near you'), and -liness ('the state of'). A helpful way to remember it is this: since neighborliness means being friendly and helpful to people nearby, unneighborliness is the lack of that friendliness.