unsocial

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Recent Examples of unsocial But when the homework clause was revealed, the enormous unsocial media fan was out there and the manure hit it with great force. Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2022 The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent. Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022 And so this silly question is making the rounds on silly sports talk shows and silly unsocial media: Which NFL team is Julio Jones-away from winning the Super Bowl? Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2021 Of course the talk show/unsocial media furor over Luck’s retirement hasn’t been surprising, because people are idiots — and that includes certain numbskull members of the media. San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2019 Fueled by unsocial media, these playoffs brought out comparison upon comparison. Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 June 2017 Snap Inc., which this week could become the biggest technology public offering in years, is the unsocial social-media company. Georgia Wells, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsocial
Adjective
  • Often, people that indulge in this type of culture are considered anti-social or withdrawn, a stereotype that has been passed around for years.
    Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
  • People become irritable, withdrawn, or hyper-independent.
    Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a gated driveway and car port tucked way off and alley, and a detached prefab ADU by Jason Halter of Wonder has a outside entrance from the street and adds another bedroom.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 June 2025
  • Managing national security affairs is not a detached experiment.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
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
Adjective
  • Resnick speaks on behalf of seething, antisocial comedians everywhere, explaining and dismissing his quirks with lots of memories childhood, such as a horrible, no-good, very bad Easter egg hunt.
    Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
  • But poor casting was only half of it — Charles Walters' 1955 adaptation unfortunately reimagines the heroine as an irascible antisocial brat with delusions of grandeur, all explained away by bizarre contemporary psychoanalysis provided in voice-over.
    EW.com, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And after all of that: a reserved viewing space on Pier 17.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Eastern Conference executive No. 2: More quiet, on the reserved side.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • During a difficult, awkward stage of life, already complicated by the harsh spotlight of contemporary social media, teenagers will likely turn even more inward and asocial, relying on synthetic companions to understand the world around them.
    Reece Rogers, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
  • According to the authors of the research, the results challenge the traditional conception of cats as socially aloof, and suggest that some species — whether considered social or asocial — acquire the ability to recognize people’s voices as a result of close contact, rather than domestication.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • Amid uncertainty over the region's direction, Arab states are eager to assert leadership and welcome checks on Iranian influence while still standing aloof from Israel and critical of its actions.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • Again, audiences remained aloof. Undaunted, Jeffreys continued issuing new work through 2017 with 14 Steps to Harlem.
    Jim Farber, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • Otherwise, they are destined to be remembered as useless and timid wimps as the U.S. was slouching toward a dictatorship.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
  • If the cat remains frightened and timid, talk to your vet about medications that might help.
    Joan Morris, Mercury News, 23 June 2025

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“Unsocial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsocial. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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