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Recent Examples of unfriendliness
Images accompanied by verbal descriptions of their generosity and kindness resulted in higher scores of facial attractiveness than when the same images were accompanied by negative traits like selfishness and unfriendliness.
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Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024
Each of the 1,200 mainstream vehicles the ACEEE evaluates is given an overall Green Score that can be used to compare the relative environmental friendliness – or unfriendliness as the case may be – from one model to another.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Researchers found unfriendliness of staff was also linked to speed and order accuracy, and therefore had the potential to impact companies’ bottom lines.
—Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022
Citing cryptocurrency’s environmental unfriendliness, Tesla abruptly rebuked Bitcoin as payment just 49 days later.
—Basemwasef, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022
The plastics industry was, and is, the symbol for everything uncool: an inauthentic material, the boring bourgeois business of making and selling it, all with a whiff of environmental unfriendliness.
—Kyle Harper, WSJ, 6 May 2022
After the check cleared, though, is when the bank lived up to its reputation for customer unfriendliness.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
But for me, UnitedHealthcare’s moves underline, yet again, the inherent patient-unfriendliness of a $4-trillion healthcare system run primarily by for-profit corporations.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024
Each of the 1,200 mainstream vehicles the ACEEE evaluates is given an overall Green Score that can be used to compare the relative environmental friendliness – or unfriendliness as the case may be – from one model to another.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Researchers found unfriendliness of staff was also linked to speed and order accuracy, and therefore had the potential to impact companies’ bottom lines.
—Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022
Citing cryptocurrency’s environmental unfriendliness, Tesla abruptly rebuked Bitcoin as payment just 49 days later.
—Basemwasef, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022
The plastics industry was, and is, the symbol for everything uncool: an inauthentic material, the boring bourgeois business of making and selling it, all with a whiff of environmental unfriendliness.
—Kyle Harper, WSJ, 6 May 2022
After the check cleared, though, is when the bank lived up to its reputation for customer unfriendliness.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
But for me, UnitedHealthcare’s moves underline, yet again, the inherent patient-unfriendliness of a $4-trillion healthcare system run primarily by for-profit corporations.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfriendliness
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This has hindered the two nations from reaching a peace treaty to officially end their hostilities.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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But the idea that hordes of undercover agents instigated the Capitol riot gained traction and fuelled right-wing hostilities toward the Bureau.—
Tess Owen,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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If Trump does ultimately choose antagonism, U.S. intelligence agencies will face serious challenges in executing their daily operations and in focusing on their core missions.—
Peter Schroeder,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Jan. 2025
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Both stories are unusually accurate in their sense of hostile inclusion, with French pioneers, Native tribes and white Americans in a state of perpetual antagonism.—
Chris Vognar,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Petro has deployed soldiers and humanitarian aid to the region in a bid to quell the belligerence that has claimed dozens of lives and displaced tens of thousands of residents.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
29 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile Hezbollah's constant attacks against Israel following the October 7 Hamas invasion caused Israel to consider terminating the agreements, but for all practical purposes that belligerence mainly brought resource development to a standstill.—
Daniel Markind,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Owners concerned whether or not their dog is experiencing a phantom pregnancy can look for the following symptoms: mammary development, lactation, enlarged belly, loss of appetite, lethargy, vomiting, nesting, being protective of small inanimate objects and restlessness or aggression.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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His ability to exploit Daniels’ aggression — baiting him into three first-half fouls — was critical, forcing the Hawks’ defensive anchor to the bench and limiting his usual effectiveness.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Unfriendliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfriendliness. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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