Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. not supporting
- adj. not assisting
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not furnishing support or assistance
Etymologies
- un- + supportive (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Moreover, recent trends suggest that the state of the wider economy — particularly the labour market — is likely to remain unsupportive in the months ahead.”
“Needless to say, the comments on the blog entry are fairly, shall we say, "unsupportive" of the decision :”
“Now, I fully expect to be blocked out of your blog, or hear angry responses about how could I be so "unsupportive" from the many who've posted some beautiful things as comments to this post.”
“Pfthth. Anyway, today I feel like I am being kind of unsupportive of Neil or something, that I'm always not going with him, and sure I was too ill for years, but now I am well and I should be going with him when he visits family.”
“It concluded that people were generally "unsupportive" of these - although the level of understanding about the technologies was considered low.”
“See, even though The Spin has a reputation for being, uh, "unsupportive" of Nashville artists that see monumental success outside of the 615, we are 100 percent into Ke$ha.”
“Burnley council 'unsupportive' over staging play about town's 2001 riots, claims theatre company”
“The message was loud and clear, three different sources: a white, aspiring actor from California who realized once he was on the stage, he just wasn't good enough; a woman who was told "this isn't the world for you lady," and who made it with hit shows; a black kid from Houston, whose own teacher was unsupportive about his dream, probably thinking she was saving him from pain and disappointment.”
“The inability to be out at work as well as being out at work in an unsupportive environment can have a negative impact on an employee's productivity," UK's Stonewall said in its 2008 report.”
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