un·ami·a·ble
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Definition of unamiable
: not friendly or sociable : not amiable
an unamiable expression "Of course, she's a bit queer and unamiable, but, girls, think of thirty years of boarding-house life … Wouldn't that sour anybody?"— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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“Unamiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unamiable. Accessed 27 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of unamiable was circa 1500
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