as in withdrawn
inclined or tending to avoid other people
She was so unsocial that she rarely left the house except for work.
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Recent Examples of unsocial
Especially now, during the daunting age of unsocial media.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.
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Washington Post,
6 Jan. 2022
Fueled by unsocial media, these playoffs brought out comparison upon comparison.
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Nick Canepa,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
17 June 2017
Snap Inc., which this week could become the biggest technology public offering in years, is the unsocial social-media company.
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Georgia Wells,
WSJ,
27 Feb. 2017
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.
—
Washington Post,
6 Jan. 2022
Fueled by unsocial media, these playoffs brought out comparison upon comparison.
—
Nick Canepa,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
17 June 2017
Snap Inc., which this week could become the biggest technology public offering in years, is the unsocial social-media company.
—
Georgia Wells,
WSJ,
27 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsocial
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The withdrawn draft focused on setting up several new watchdogs to keep AI in check, including a dedicated commission and a special insurance fund to help people if the new technology caused harm.
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The story follows Trey, a withdrawn ex-con surviving as a night driver on the city’s margins, who forms a tentative and increasingly intimate bond with Camden (Dafne Keen), a sharp and restless young woman working as a call girl.
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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.
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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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To resent a rival is par for the course in the villa, but Toni and Shakira’s condemnations registered as truly antisocial.
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There were cartoon beavers everywhere, brisket sandwiches far better than any gas station should be able to produce, and a bar of jerky (and a wall of jerky next to it for the impatient or antisocial).
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Serena’s name was on everyone’s lips, with fans chatting about the American’s chances and journalists jostling for position to get their hands on a reserved media seat.
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The canopy area featured reserved seating that was blocked off with more seats for fans to sit and watch the game in the shade.
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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.
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Tired of trying to come off cool and aloof on dates?
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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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Playing Mary Bennet — Elizabeth’s younger and more timid sister — Bruccoleri set out to portray the coming of age story of a Regency woman.
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Don’t be timid; get the crust good and wet before proceeding.
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“Unsocial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsocial. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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