uncooperative

Example Sentences

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Uncooperative officials can drag their feet, find excuses, hope you lose interest — or, if you’re a student, hope you come down with a terminal case of senioritis.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2022

Uncooperative victims and expansive crime scenes hamper efforts to solve the cases, state police said.

From Reuters • Jan. 5, 2017

Uncooperative throughout his stay, Adam wouldn’t wash or attend group sessions.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 28, 2012

Uncooperative policemen were shifted to faraway beats, district attorneys obligingly quashed indictments, amiable Hines magistrates freed the small fry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Uncooperative clergy were either imprisoned or otherwise prevented from exercising their clerical and administrative duties; all church schools, hospitals, and charitable institutions were taken over by the government, and all other church assets were confiscated.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.