unsympathetic

Example Sentences

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The neighbors weren’t unsympathetic, nor were they impractical.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

But this didn’t make him unsympathetic to Indians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

He needed Hackman for the role, Eastwood told the The Times in 1994, “because he can make an unsympathetic character sympathetic.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

“Lincoln," he continued, "was clearly unsympathetic but never defied even that order, let alone an order of the Supreme Court. It never ordered President Lincoln to do anything else.”

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025

While Ramohanoe was unsympathetic to the Communists, he worked well with them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela