unsocial

Example Sentences

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If being social is good for us, why do we choose to be so unsocial?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Even Liz Hammel, with a self-described “naturally unsocial temperament,” made herself say hello to every passerby while walking her dog — and it worked!

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

The tone of voice suggests that I am hiding and being unsocial, when in fact the friend hasn’t reached out to me, either, during that time.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2022

General secretary Mick Cash said: "Our train manager members at Eurostar have a heavy commitment to shift work and unsocial hours and are sick and tired of the company's failure to honour agreements."

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2016

This predominance of self, this kinship with the unsocial brute, which shows itself in these germinal animosities, seems to be discoverable also in the unfeelingness of children.

From Children's Ways by Sully, James