unsympathetic

unsympathetic
UK [ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθetɪk] / US adjective
1)
a) not kind enough or interested enough to want to know about other people's problems

an unsympathetic teacher/boss

b) used for describing someone's behaviour

The tone of her email was cold and unsympathetic.

2) an unsympathetic person is not nice enough for you to care about them

The characters are a pretty unsympathetic bunch.

3) not willing to support something
unsympathetic to:

The organization was not unsympathetic to any of our aims.


Derived word:
unsympathetically
UK [ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθetɪklɪ] / US adverb

English dictionary. 2014.

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