Unsocial

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not social.

    "The municipal corporations of that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, unconnected chaos of elementary principles."

  2. 2
    Not seeking or showing the desire for the company of others; inhospitable.

    "The cupbearer shrugged up his shoulders in displeasure. "I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber," said he; "but since he is so unsocial to Christians, e'en let him take the next stall to Isaac the Jew's."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions wordnet

Synonyms

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antisocialreclusivealonealoofanchoreticanchoritic

Example

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"The municipal corporations of that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, unconnected chaos of elementary principles."

Etymology

From un- + social.

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