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Recent Examples of asocial The culture presents to us a picture of hackers which is a sensational caricature: Somebody who is almost completely asocial, maybe has mental illness, maybe is morbidly overweight. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 May 2023 Ron Howard Based on the life of John Forbes Nash Jr. and the biography of the same name, A Beautiful Mind, which like Gladiator stars Russell Crow, tells the story of a brilliant but asocial mathematician and his battle with mental illness. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 26 Jan. 2023 The inside of the body was intriguing but asocial. New York Times, 10 May 2022 He’s no longer reduced to being an asocial nerd. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021 See All Example Sentences for asocial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for asocial
Adjective
  • Wildfire smoke can travel hundreds of miles, clouding skies and choking air quality in distant cities.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The comet will be too distant for a real close-up look.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Jorma Taccone, the Lonely Island member and former Saturday Night Live writer, suffered a shattered pelvis and a detached sacrum in a 20-foot fall from a ladder at his farmhouse in Connecticut.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For leaders wary of appearing cold or detached, the appeal is undeniable.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The fair also will feature two stages of music, an entertainment dome, mouthwatering festival food and plenty of cold beer.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In a study, the team describes how cooling a gas of radioactive atoms to temperatures colder than deep space could synchronize their radioactive decay.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Cillian Murphy plays the titular Steve, a beloved teacher at a controversial school that uses public funds to house violent and antisocial boys in a shabby old mansion.
    Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Kemper was also diagnosed with an antisocial disorder, narcissistic disorder and schizotypal disorder.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Waterspouts tend to form when the air is cool and moist, and the water is near its warmest.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • After months of summer heat, cooler temperatures are a welcome shift, but along with sweater weather and falling leaves come dwindling daylight hours.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
  • To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.
    Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • Enid-as-Wednesday struggles to stay cool and aloof.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The episode also doubles as a character study of Morrow, who to this point has largely been an aloof, menacing figure.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Asocial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asocial. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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