unamiable

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Recent Examples of unamiable An Indian had stopped by the cabin, drunk but not unamiable, looking for her husband. The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unamiable
Adjective
  • Still, with a budget deficit looming next year and a mayor whose preferred mode of dealing with unpleasant fiscal realities is to hike taxes, revenue grabs like congestion pricing are always on the table.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Another surprise was how unpleasant emotions were often motivating for leaders.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Sometimes that means confronting disagreeable people.
    David Plazas, The Tennessean, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The most important reason to avoid obsessing over China’s disagreeable regime, however, is that this fixation threatens a core U.S. advantage: Washington’s wide network of partners and allies.
    Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2021
Adjective
  • And your only question is how to deal with an ungracious host?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • To have remained stone silent was ungracious.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 31 May 2022
Adjective
  • Many arguments or discussions are often shut down simply because they’re considered unkind, judgy, or not in the undefined spirit of BookTok.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The legal drama is being dumped in less than 50 screens this weekend, an unkind fate for a film critics call a decent programmer.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The main point is to avoid being discourteous of the people behind us by letting the door close in their respective faces.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Repetitive verbal abuse, exploitation, name-calling, physical bullying, and other mean behaviors that repeatedly demean players are not only discourteous and wrong, but also will eventually take a heavy toll on them.
    Amy Morin, Parents, 25 July 2024
Adjective
  • One of the myths Dunlap tackles in her book is that talking about money is impolite.
    Katy McFee, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The typical solution is to berate co-workers for misusing the channel, which is impolite, hurts everyone’s feelings and does not work.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Not showing up to an event on time is rude in general, but doing so at a wedding is especially inconsiderate because of how meaningful the big day is.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • One day without inconsiderate people making everyone miserable and making others regret their decision to keep the peace.
    Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.
    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

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“Unamiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unamiable. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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