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unsociable

[uhn-soh-shuh-buhl] / ʌnˈsoʊ ʃə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
withdrawn; lacking social relationships
Synonyms
STRONGEST
unfriendly
WEAK
aloof antagonistic brooding cold cool distant hostile inaccessible inhospitable introverted laid-back nongregarious recessive reclusive reserved retiring secretive sensitive shy standoffish stuck-up timid unapproachable unbending uncommunicative uncongenial unforthcoming unneighborly unsocial uppity withdrawn
Antonyms
WEAK
approachable friendly nice sociable social

Example Sentences

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“Everything that people feared about her being awkward or unsociable was completely wrong.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

"I worked unsociable hours, I finished late, sometimes midnight or one in the morning, it was just the safest option for me to go down there."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

Junior doctors, including those fresh out of university, also receive an additional 30% more in extra payments, on average, for things like working unsociable hours.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2023

Currently, the basic starting salary for a junior doctor is £29,000, but once extra payments for things like unsociable hours is taken into account average earnings exceed £40,000.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2023

Sickly, feeling abandoned by his parents, quarrelsome, unsociable, a virgin to the day he died, Isaac Newton was perhaps the greatest scientific genius who ever lived.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.