unsociable
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5.3
- adjective
- /ʌnˈsoʊʃəbl/
:
antisocial
- Don't mind him, he's just unsociable.
- unsociable behavior
- shy and unsociable
Examples
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The main focus of this study was to investigate ELL children's shy and unsociable behaviors across language contexts.
Academic text (2014) -
And in any case, for many people, London was not at all unsociable.
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The first tip to helping you not get involved with your neighbors is to simply be unsociable.
Blog text (26) -
No, I prefer to be unsociable and taciturn.
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But that was only in the beginning, and after a while, people took little notice of me as I was too unsociable to hold their interest, much less their sympathy.
Fiction book (1997) -
Although home-based care is expensive, partly due to the unsociable hours, it is often cheaper than the residential alternative.
Academic text (2009) -
He asked me if I found it strange... that the largest street festival in Europe should take place in London... the most unsociable and reactionary of cities.
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My reserved and unsociable mother drank cheap wine and danced recklessly to "Love Shack."
Academic text (2007) -
He always prefers to stay at home rather than go out; he is quite unsociable.
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As a child, she was very unsociable, rarely joining her classmates during playtime.
Synonyms
34
6.3
Not friendly and distant, not joining in with other people
24
7.4
Tends to live alone and avoid other people
14
5.1
Preferring to be alone and avoiding social situations
3
6.6
Not friendly and hard to talk to so people avoid them
1
7.7
Not wanting to feel close to others because it causes anxiety
1
4.8
Prefers being alone and avoids spending time with others
Someone who is quiet and prefers to be alone instead of being with others
Not sociable and preferring to be alone
Prefers to be alone and avoids other people
Antonyms
How Sociable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsociable is built from the prefix un- ('not') and sociable ('likes company'), so it literally means 'not sociable'. That's why unsociable describes someone who does not enjoy or seek the company of other people.