单词	unsympathetic
释义	unsympatheticun‧sym‧pa‧thet‧ic /ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθetɪk/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES an unsympathetic boss I'm sorry, I don't mean to be unsympathetic, but I don't see how I can help. I explained our problems to the bank manager, but he remained unsympathetic. Our appeal for government help met with an unsympathetic response. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But as we contemplate these bitter internecine struggles we should not be too unsympathetic or complacent. But they are not entirely unsympathetic to natural parents. Even when he's lying through his teeth, he never comes off as unsympathetic. In general, the attitude of the administration towards congress was disdainful and unsympathetic. Sometimes the level of indoctrination seems extreme, especially to those unsympathetic with the message. The Chancellor is, however, unsympathetic and safety-first will be his watchword. There are a couple of troubling aspects to this account, but even to raise them is to seem somehow unsympathetic. Thesaurus THESAURUS► unkind treating people in a way that makes them unhappy or upset. Unkind sounds rather formal. In everyday English, people usually say mean or nasty: · Children can be very unkind to each other.· a rather unkind remark ► mean especially spoken unkind: · Don’t be mean to your sister!· It was a mean thing to do. ► nasty deliberately unkind, and seeming to enjoy making people unhappy: · He said some really nasty things before he left.· a nasty man ► hurtful unkind – used about remarks and actions: · Joe couldn’t forget the hurtful things she had said.· Couples sometimes do hurtful things to each other. ► spiteful deliberately unkind to someone because you are jealous of them or angry with them: · The other women were spiteful to her, and gave her the hardest work to do.· She watched them with spiteful glee (=pleasure). ► malicious deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset, hurt, or cause problems for someone: · Someone had been spreading malicious rumours about him.· There was a malicious smile on her face.· an act of malicious vandalism· The accusations are malicious. ► unsympathetic not seeming to care about someone’s problems, and not trying to help them or make them feel better: · Her parents were very unsympathetic, and told her that she deserved to fail her exam.· an unsympathetic boss ► hard-hearted very unsympathetic and not caring at all about other people’s feelings: · Was he hard-hearted enough to leave his son in jail overnight?· a hard-hearted businessman Longman Language Activatorhaving no sympathy for other people's problems► unsympathetic someone who is unsympathetic does not show you any sympathy when you need help or when you tell them about your troubles: · I explained our problems to the bank manager, but he remained unsympathetic.· I'm sorry, I don't mean to be unsympathetic, but I don't see how I can help.· Our appeal for government help met with an unsympathetic response. ► hard-hearted someone who is hard-hearted does not feel any sympathy and does not care at all when people are in trouble or pain and ask for help: · a hard-hearted and unprincipled man· I've tried to help in the past, but I think now I have to be hard-hearted and make them help themselves. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► unsympathetic character  an unsympathetic character Word family WORD FAMILYnounsympathysympathizeradjectivesympathetic ≠ unsympatheticverbsympathizeadverbsympathetically 1not kind or helpful to someone who is having problems ► see thesaurus at unkind2not willing to support an idea, aim etcunsympathetic to/towards a government that’s unsympathetic to public opinion3an unsympathetic person in a book or play is unpleasant and difficult to like:  an unsympathetic character—unsympathetically /-kli/ adverb
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