Definitions

unsociable

[uhn-soh-shuh-buhl] / ʌnˈsoʊ ʃə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

withdrawn; lacking social relationships

Synonyms

STRONGEST

unfriendly

WEAK

aloof antagonistic brooding cold cool distant hostile inaccessible inhospitable introverted laid-back nongregarious recessive reclusive reserved retiring secretive sensitive shy standoffish stuck-up timid unapproachable unbending uncommunicative uncongenial unforthcoming unneighborly unsocial uppity withdrawn

Antonyms

WEAK

approachable friendly nice sociable social

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

Doctors earn about a quarter to a third more on top of this, on average, for things such as unsociable hours and additional work, which can be mandatory for junior doctors.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2023

Currently, the basic starting salary for a junior doctor is £29,000, but once extra payments for things like unsociable hours is taken into account average earnings exceed £40,000.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 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

unsociable

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