as in detached
having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others
she's not antisocial, just extremely shy
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Recent Examples of antisocial
That means that the child is inadvertently traumatized and is antisocial.
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Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
However, the system isn't completely antisocial.
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New Atlas,
14 Jan. 2026
Trump is at once a symptom of this disease and its apotheosis, a living representation of all the ways the United States has encouraged, tolerated and rewarded the most selfish and antisocial behaviors imaginable, at least among a certain class of person.
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Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
Depending on their age, bringing a toy that’s not messy, loud or antisocial — like a tablet — may be helpful.
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Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for antisocial
Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
However, the system isn't completely antisocial.
—
New Atlas,
14 Jan. 2026
Trump is at once a symptom of this disease and its apotheosis, a living representation of all the ways the United States has encouraged, tolerated and rewarded the most selfish and antisocial behaviors imaginable, at least among a certain class of person.
—
Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
Depending on their age, bringing a toy that’s not messy, loud or antisocial — like a tablet — may be helpful.
—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for antisocial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antisocial
Adjective
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They got approved for a mortgage on a £150,000 (about $198,441) two-bedroom, semi-detached house in Seaham, England.
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Olise has purposefully cultivated a kind of detached non-persona.
Adjective
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Assemblymember Alex Bores, had 35%, followed by Schlossberg, who trailed in a distant third with less than 11%.
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Wet paint auctions feel like a distant memory, with frivolous, speculative art buying, especially from 2020 to 2022, now being passé.
Adjective
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To prevent that, some operators maintain low oil flow rates, akin to dripping a faucet in freezing cold weather to avoid frozen pipes.
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Aging And The Long Game Of Leadership The conversation around aging often centers on biohackers seeking to lower their biological age through cold plunges, red light therapy, and peptides.
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That alone challenges the idea that sharks are purely asocial animals.
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And that’s a focus on individualism; the idea that an individual alone can collect and assess evidence in some kind of asocial fashion.
Adjective
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This cool, cosmopolitan hotel is within walking distance of Bend’s best restaurants, shops, and the Deschutes River, and was named one of the best in the country by Tripadvisor users in 2025.
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The fermentation is slow and cool to protect the aromas.
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Hospitality fared well in Deputy’s study, making up half of the 10 happiest job sectors, despite the sector’s reputation for high stress, unsociable hours, and low pay.
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.
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While Kafka is a bit more of a reserved personality, he’s been described as a coach who’s personable and can work with anyone.
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Even in recordings from the ’90s, Alfa displays a reserved but expressive personality, and a talent for fusing disparate sounds fluidly together.
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Cats are infamous for being aloof creatures.
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The design is still in progress, and while NJ Transit has joined Amtrak in shaping the latest proposal, the MTA remains sulkily aloof.
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“Antisocial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antisocial. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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