adjective
- Not sympathetic or disposed toward.
- usage: "unsympathetic officialdom"; "people unsympathetic to the revolution"; "his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic"
- Of characters in literature or drama. ( tending to evoke antipathetic feelings)
- usage: "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic"
- synonyms: unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable
- Not having an open mind.
- usage: "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas"
- synonyms: closed
- Lacking in sympathy and kindness.
- usage: "unkindly ancts"
- synonyms: unkindly
- Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations.
- usage: "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him"
- synonyms: disagreeable
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