unsociable

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But then he is unsociable, and, on that very account, ludicrous.

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  1. adjective Not disposed to seek the company of others; reserved.
  2. adjective Not congenial; incompatible.
  3. adjective Not conducive to social exchange: an unsociable atmosphere.

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  • A lengthy term of imprisonment makes even the best man irritable, unsociable, and lacking in consideration. —  Commandant of Auschwitz
  • His parents thought he was "sub-normal," and a teacher described him as "mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams." —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Individuals like myself tend to be highly introverted, unsociable, and thus unlikely to excel in interviews. —  All articles at Blogcritics
  • Gleason." Everybody thought that Loring was decidedly unsociable, and some went so far as to call him supercilious and haughty Too damned big to mingle with men who fought all through the war while he was a schoolboy at the Point," said Gleason, who had never seen a skirmish This latter gentleman took it much amiss that Loring had won the shoulder-straps of a first lieutenant the day he first donned his uniform (many vacancies then existing in the Corps of Engineers), while Gleason and others, with what he called war records, were still second lieutenants. —  A Wounded Name
  • Nevertheless they are not unsociable, they sometimes pay visits to the neighbouring gentry, and receive with the greatest politeness travellers on their way to or from Ireland, who are recommended to them by any of their old friends This account strongly excited my curiosity, and produced the same effect on Mademoiselle d'Orleans and my two young companions. —  The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales"
 

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/ənˈsoʊʃɪəbl/
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