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unsocial

adj

Etymology

From un- + social.

  1. derived from sociālis — “of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social”
  2. borrowed from social
  3. prefixed as unsocial — “un + social”

Definitions

  1. Not social.

    • The process which, if not checked, will abolish Man, goes on apace among Communists and Democrats no less than among Fascists. […] Once we killed bad men: now we liquidate unsocial elements.

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

    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.

The neighborhood

Derived

unsocially

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unsocial. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA