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Unsympathetic

adjective

Not sympathetic or disposed toward. "People unsympathetic to the revolution" , "His dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic"

(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings. Synonyms: unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable.

Not having an open mind. Synonym: closed.

Lacking in sympathy and kindness. Synonym: unkindly.

Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations. Synonym: disagreeable. "A job temperamentally unsympathetic to him"

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"Unsympathetic" Quotes from Famous Books

... he grows crazy; and we, Satan, turn Unsympathetic creatures. Whew, this blaze Is getting worse! Can't we ...

— Mr. Faust • Arthur Davison Ficke

... not specially sociable; calm and somewhat impassive, with all her fair beauty she was overlooked in the practical "selection" which takes place in school life; so that little Dolly after all came to be Christina's best friend. Dolly never passed her over; was never unsympathetic; never seemed to know her own popularity; and Christina's slow liking grew into a real and warm affection as the passing days gave her more and more occasion. In the matter of "style," it appears, Dolly had enough ...

— The End of a Coil • Susan Warner

... great model. But then, an imitation never has. It was a marble masterpiece, done in plaster! But what a clever reproduction it was! And how, by sheer audacity, it compelled recognition and homage, and at last even adulation in Europe!—and what a clever stroke it was, for this heavy, unsympathetic man to bring up to his throne from the people a radiant empress, who would capture ...

— A Short History of France • Mary Platt Parmele

... had, of course, gone to Ella. Both Langshaw and his wife had an unsympathetic feeling that if they developed flat-foot now they would have to go ...

— The Blossoming Rod • Mary Stewart Cutting

... really interested in another artist's work. My brothers, Fred and Hugh, my sister and myself would sometimes be at home together, and all writing books. Hugh was, I think, always the first inclined to produce his work for inspection; but we had a tacit convention which was not in the least unsympathetic, not to feel bound to be particularly interested in each other's books. My books, I felt, bored Hugh more than his bored me; but there was this advantage, that when we read each other's books, as we often did, any critical praise that we could offer was much more appreciated ...

— Hugh - Memoirs of a Brother • Arthur Christopher Benson

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