unaccommodating

adjective

un·​ac·​com·​mo·​dat·​ing ˌən-ə-ˈkä-mə-ˌdā-tiŋ How to pronounce unaccommodating (audio)
: not providing or inclined to provide help or assistance : not helpful or accommodating
… they were just as stupid and unaccommodating as men.Rudyard Kipling
unaccommodatingly adverb

Examples of unaccommodating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lestat then reveals his heart, calling Louis angry, stubborn, unaccommodating, dedicated, thoughtful, loving. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022 Instead, truculent and unaccommodating regimes and movements proliferated. Yoram Hazony, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unaccommodating was in 1790

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“Unaccommodating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaccommodating. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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