uncooperative

adjective

un·co·op·er·at·ive | \ ˌən-kō-ˈä-p(ə-)rə-tiv

, -ˈä-pə-ˌrā- \

Definition of uncooperative

: marked by an unwillingness or inability to work with others : not cooperative the suspect was uncooperative with investigators an uncooperative witness … he wonders whether it would be such a bad thing if their uncooperative nanny quit …— Caitlin Flanagan also : providing difficulty struggled with an uncooperative corkscrew uncooperative weather

Examples of uncooperative in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Again, the river has been uncooperative — too cold or too high. — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2021 The man was uncooperative during booking and made several threats to police. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 27 May 2021 The victim was uncooperative with police during follow-up questioning and kept changing his story. — cleveland, 23 Apr. 2021 The man was uncooperative with investigators, Hernandez said. — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021 Police said the man was uncooperative with officers. — Deanese Williams-harris, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021 Litwin said the suspect and the victim, who was uncooperative with police, may have known each other. — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 12 Mar. 2021 Strothers says the Hopkinton police immediately dismissed her daughter’s death as a suicide, and have been hostile and uncooperative in the two weeks since her death. — BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2021 At the police station, the driver became extremely uncooperative and argumentative. — John Benson, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2021

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