unsocialized
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪzd/
- US
:
no socializado
- Dogs that are kept away from people can become unsocialized and may not know how to behave around strangers.
Examples
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Apparently harmless words become Pandora's boxes, containing the very stuff of unsocialized aggression.
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They are too frequently taken away from their litters far too early, unsocialised, traumatised and with health and temperament problems.
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At the end of the day, though, the straight men who come to such events, by and large, tend to be more unsocialized, I think.
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Men tend to be trouble for everybody the longer they go unsocialized and without intimate relationships.
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Plainly, the potential for problematic behavior on the part of unsocialized young men is neither new nor unique to our age.
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You know, when I first met you, I thought maybe he's just awkward and unsocialized, but that's not it, there's something else.
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Some of Einstein's ideas, for example, which now are bearing fruit—after some rather unsocialized young scientists who had nothing to lose went after this.
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For the unsocialized youths, well, I’m not sure there’s anything complex here, just enforce the laws.
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Hordes of unsocialized, illiterate, unemployed, and idle kids roaming around will do wonders for the state's economy and crime rates.
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Special consideration should be devoted to families historically underserved or unsocialized about the systems of service delivery (cf. Short et al., 1990) such as indigent families, parents with restricted educational backgrounds, and adolescent parents.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
Not comfortable joining small talk at parties or work
How Sociable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsocialized = socialized (transparent) = un + social + ize + d
Formed by adding the productive prefix 'un-' to 'socialized' yielding the straightforward meaning 'not socialized'.
Etymology
The word unsocialized comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and social from a root for 'companion' or 'friend', the same idea you see in society. So unsocialized describes someone who is 'not used to being with others' and may lack usual social skills.