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Meaning of UNSYMPATHETIC

Pronunciation:  uns`imputh'etik

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him"
  2. [adj]  lacking in sympathy and kindness; "unkindly acts"
  3. [adj]  not having an open mind; "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas"
  4. [adj]  not sympathetic or disposed toward; "unsympathetic officialdom"; "people unsympathetic to the revolution"; "his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic"
  5. [adj]  (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings; "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic"
 
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 Synonyms: closed, disagreeable, incompatible, unappealing, uncongenial, unkind, unkindly, unlikable, unlikeable, unreceptive, unsympathising, unsympathizing
 
 Antonyms: appealing, likable, likeable, sympathetic
 
 See Also: uncompassionate, unresponsive

 

 

 

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