unsympathetic

Examples

• All

• Some gifted students feel pressured to hide their talents and skills from uninterested and unsympathetic peers.

  Academic text (1992)

• I-I don't mean to sound unsympathetic.

  The Groomsmen (2006)

• And they were not unsympathetic, but they were clear and they wanted me to be clear too.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Your Honor... ... I'm not unsympathetic to Miss Young.

  Mighty Joe Young (1949)

• Mrs. Rome, you will forgive me if I seem unsympathetic, but... ... but there was a reason for my coming here today.

  The Day of the Dolphin (1973)

• I was not surprised by his unsympathetic verdict.

  Academic text (2000)

• However, the local housing services are unsympathetic and unwilling to move him.

  Academic text (2010)

• The response was unsympathetic, unhelpful and anything but rapid.

• - I'm not an unsympathetic person, Mr. Curtison, I will listen and weigh out all the evidence for your case that you bring before me.

  Koko (2021)

• The manager's unsympathetic response to the employees' concerns only increased their frustration.

Synonyms

I

insensitive

vsunsympathetic

124 4.6

Not showing care for other people's feelings or needs

is about missing sympathy rather than simply being unaware

H

heartless

vsunsympathetic

• Offensive

79 4.1

Not showing kindness or sympathy to others

means lacking sympathy but may not include active meanness

U

unkind

vsunsympathetic

44 1.0

Not friendly or caring to other people

means lacking sympathy but can be less severe or cruel

A

apathetic

vsunsympathetic

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

lacks sympathy but is more about general indifference than coldness

U

uncaring

vsunsympathetic

18 4.2

Not showing concern for other people's feelings or needs

is missing sympathy but may still show occasional kindness

U

unfeeling

vsunsympathetic

14 5.9

Not showing sympathy or care for other people's feelings

covers lack of sympathy but not only emotional numbness

C

coldhearted

vsunsympathetic

4 6.0

Showing no care or sympathy for other people

is about missing sympathy but not necessarily severe cruelty

C

cold as ice

vsunsympathetic

• Informal

4 7.2

Not showing any feeling or kindness to others

is the broader lack of sympathy, not only a cold style

U

uncompassionate

vsunsympathetic

1 7.3

Not caring when other people suffer

is broader, meaning absence of sympathy or emotional understanding

C

compassionless

vsunsympathetic

1 7.4

Shows no sympathy for people who suffer

focuses on absence of feeling rather than active cruelty

U

unsympathizing

vsunsympathetic

7.9

Not showing care or understanding for other people's feelings

is the general absence of sympathy, not a specific behavior

U

unpitying

vsunsympathetic

8.8

Not showing kindness or mercy when others suffer

refers more generally to missing sympathy or understanding

S

stonyhearted

vsunsympathetic

9.6

Not feeling sorry for other people

is the general absence of sympathy rather than a harsh stance

H

highly insensitive

vsunsympathetic

5.5

Being very uncaring about other people's feelings

is broader, referring to lack of sympathy not only extreme insensitivity

N

noncharitable

vsunsympathetic

6.7

Not showing kindness to other people

focuses on missing sympathy rather than purely generosity

Antonyms

S

sympathetic

152 3.4

Feeling or showing kindness and understanding to someone who is upset

How Sympathetic

compassionate

151 3.7

sympathetic

152 3.4

concerned

∞ 2.2

unsympathetic

7 4.9

indifferent

46 4.4

heartless

• Offensive

79 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology