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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 can know truth. He who will be a leader of men must first have the power to lead himself. The world is selfish and unsympathetic. But it is also sagacious. It rejects as worthless him who suffers decadence when he comes in contact with its vulgar cleverness. The natural man can look the world in the face. The true man will teach truth wherever ...

— The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches • David Starr Jordan

... once more, I knew better what the stars meant. They looked to me now as if they knew all about death, and therefore could not be sad to the eyes of men; as if that unsympathetic look they wore came from this, that they were made like the happy truth, and ...

— Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood • George MacDonald

... will be sure to darken somewhat with time, it is well that the ground should have as little to do with it as possible. If the ground is white there is so much the less dark pigment to influence your painting. He is right in this; but white is a most unsympathetic color to work over, and if you do not want to lay in your work with frottees, a tint is pleasanter. For most work the light ochrish ground will be found best; but you may be helped in deciding by the general tone of your picture. If the picture is ...

— The Painter in Oil - A complete treatise on the principles and technique - necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors • Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst

... looked at the boy and tried to realize that his days were numbered, felt her eyes fill with tears. Patsy sniffed scornfully, but said nothing. It was Beth who remarked with an air of unconcern that surprised those who knew her unsympathetic nature: ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West • Edith Van Dyne

... you; if we have nothing more interesting to talk about, I think we may put an end to this conversation." To say this with a deep courtesy, and then to withdraw to a considerable distance, is the work of a moment. Ask your lady-killers if it is easy to continue to babble to such, an unsympathetic ear. ...

— Emile • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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