unsympathetic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
un- + sympathetic
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Adjective[edit]
unsympathetic (comparative more unsympathetic, superlative most unsympathetic)
- Not sympathetic.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- His tall, gaunt, stringy figure is insensible to fatigue, and his dry, half-sarcastic, and often wholly unsympathetic manner is uninfluenced by any change in his surroundings.
- 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58:
- After years of unsympathetic commercial use and dereliction, nothing of note remained inside, which accordingly has been reconfigured with modern amenities such as underfloor heating.
Translations[edit]
not sympathetic
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