adjective
- Not easy to understand or use.
- usage: "user-unfriendly"
- Not disposed to friendship or friendliness.
- usage: "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"
- Not friendly.
- usage: "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"
- synonyms: inimical
- Very unfavorable to life or growth.
- usage: "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
- synonyms: hostile, uncongenial
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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