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unsociable

[uhn-soh-shuh-buhl] / ʌnˈsoʊ ʃə bəl /


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"Speaking to neighbours in advance or using a timer to switch lights off at unsociable hours can help avoid problems," lawyer Denise Nurse told the BBC's Morning Live.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

She stood down ahead of the general election last year, citing safety concerns, social media abuse and unsociable hours.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

“Everything that people feared about her being awkward or unsociable was completely wrong.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

Doctors at this level earned about £14,000 in extra payments - for things like unsociable hours - in the year to September 2022, according to NHS Digital.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2023

Sickly, feeling abandoned by his parents, quarrelsome, unsociable, a virgin to the day he died, Isaac Newton was perhaps the greatest scientific genius who ever lived.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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