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Recent Examples of unsociable 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 Pact and Bectu have been negotiating over terms of their new collective bargaining agreement since last year, with the crew union wanting more conditions in place regarding unsociable hours and the producers’ body saying that many of the requests are unworkable. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2022 For instance, long and unsociable hours are commonplace, and while this is in part due to the shortage of skilled personnel, there is also a cultural element to this that prohibits many from considering it a viable career. Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021 That made trucking, with its unsociable hours and dingy roadside bathrooms, less attractive. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2021 The social media generation is increasingly clueless and unsociable. Susan Glaser, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2020 Samuel Johnson, one recalls, a ferociously unsociable reader, and blind as a bat, was constantly in danger of singeing his wig against his candle. John Sutherland, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsociable
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
  • Owalas are made with stainless steel, so water stays cold for hours, and the 16-ounce size is ideal for the younger kid crowd.
    Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Wash it all down with a cold beer.
    Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Kemper was also diagnosed with an antisocial disorder, narcissistic disorder and schizotypal disorder.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Lyle was described as exhibiting narcissistic and antisocial tendencies, while Erik was considered vulnerable to outside influence.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 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

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“Unsociable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsociable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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