unsocial

English

Etymology

un- +‎ social

Adjective

unsocial (comparative more unsocial, superlative most unsocial)

  1. Not social.
    • Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
      The cupbearer shrugged up his shoulders in displeasure. "I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber," said he; "but since he is so unsocial to Christians, e'en let him take the next stall to Isaac the Jew's. […]
  2. Inhospitable. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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