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Examples of unsociable in a Sentence
a job with unsociable hours
an unsociable but not an overtly rude child
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
Pact and Bectu have been negotiating over terms of their new collective bargaining agreement since last year, with the crew union wanting more conditions in place regarding unsociable hours and the producers’ body saying that many of the requests are unworkable.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2022
That made trucking, with its unsociable hours and dingy roadside bathrooms, less attractive.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2021
For instance, long and unsociable hours are commonplace, and while this is in part due to the shortage of skilled personnel, there is also a cultural element to this that prohibits many from considering it a viable career.
—Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
Gaming has so often been painted with the wrong brush — stereotyped as being isolating and unsociable.
—Bartosz Skwarczek, Forbes, 17 June 2021
The social media generation is increasingly clueless and unsociable.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2020
Samuel Johnson, one recalls, a ferociously unsociable reader, and blind as a bat, was constantly in danger of singeing his wig against his candle.
—John Sutherland, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2018
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
Pact and Bectu have been negotiating over terms of their new collective bargaining agreement since last year, with the crew union wanting more conditions in place regarding unsociable hours and the producers’ body saying that many of the requests are unworkable.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2022
That made trucking, with its unsociable hours and dingy roadside bathrooms, less attractive.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2021
For instance, long and unsociable hours are commonplace, and while this is in part due to the shortage of skilled personnel, there is also a cultural element to this that prohibits many from considering it a viable career.
—Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
Gaming has so often been painted with the wrong brush — stereotyped as being isolating and unsociable.
—Bartosz Skwarczek, Forbes, 17 June 2021
The social media generation is increasingly clueless and unsociable.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2020
Samuel Johnson, one recalls, a ferociously unsociable reader, and blind as a bat, was constantly in danger of singeing his wig against his candle.
—John Sutherland, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2018
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“Unsociable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsociable. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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