unsympathetic
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/
:
poco adecuado
Examples
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I know this is true, for all of my seasons have passed here in this unsympathetic region, all of my years on this sheep farm, my home.
Fiction book (1998) -
Immediately outside the cell, across the four-foot corridor, a uniformed guard sat tilted back against the wall in an unsympathetic straight-back chair.
Fiction book (1998) -
Many found her comments to be unsympathetic, as they failed to acknowledge the struggles of those affected by the crisis.
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The design of the building was criticized for being unsympathetic to the surrounding historic architecture.
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He was deemed unsympathetic by his peers for not supporting their efforts to address the community's needs.
Synonyms
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4.1
Not attractive, pleasant, or interesting
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7.4
Tastes bad or is hard to accept
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5.1
Not suitable for a person's needs or tastes
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8.0
Not pleasant for a person, place, or situation
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9.1
Unsuitable for a situation that makes people feel uncomfortable
Not friendly and hard to get along with
Not suitable for a person or situation
Antonyms
How Suitable
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6.0
172
1.8
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4.1
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5.1
20
2.6
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6.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsympathetic = sympathetic (transparent) = un + sympathy
Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to 'sympathetic', producing an expected negated adjective.
Etymology
Unsympathetic uses un- 'not' with sympathetic (from syn- 'together' and pathos 'feeling'), which can be read as 'not in harmony'. So an unsympathetic place or person is one that does not feel right with you, and therefore is not suited or friendly to your tastes.