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Adjective
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Even setting aside its usual criticisms (antisocial, privacy-invading, a bad omen for human connection), the necklace simply didn’t work as advertised.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025 -
Someone with antisocial traits may appear calm most of the time, but suddenly react strongly to obstacles or conflict.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
2 June 2024
Adjective
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But when the homework clause was revealed, the enormous unsocial media fan was out there and the manure hit it with great force.—
Nick CanepaColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2022
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The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
6 Jan. 2022
Adjective
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The story follows a reclusive man who lives in a remote house by the sea.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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While ferrying Camila from playdates to pet psychics, Issa realizes the dog’s bark is worse than her bite—much like Camila’s attractive, yet reclusive owner, Theo (Famous in Love’s Carter Jenkins).—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Where Chong had initially envisioned Go-wing as upbeat and extroverted, Wei brought an introverted quality that resonated deeply with the director’s own experience.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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To be somebody who was so introverted, and then, in a matter of three or four months, to be so ripped -- everything was happening so quickly.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Insociable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insociable. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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