unfriendly
1unfriendly — UK US /ʌnˈfrendli/ adjective ► likely to cause problems or prevent success: »Plastic bags are an unfriendly choice for environmental sustainability. »an unfriendly tax regime unfriendly to sb/sth »Companies are migrating to the suburbs to avoid… …
2Unfriendly — Un*friend ly, a. 1. Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor. [1913 Webster] 2. Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health. [1913 Webster] {Un*friend li*ness}, n …
3unfriendly — index adverse (hostile), antipathetic (oppositional), contentious, inimical, malevolent, perverse …
4unfriendly — early 15c., not characteristic of friends, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + FRIENDLY (Cf. friendly). Cf. M.Du. onvriendelijc, M.H.G. unvriuntlich, Ger. unfreundlich. Meaning hostile, inimical is recorded from late 15c …
5unfriendly — [adj] nasty, hostile acrimonious, against, alien, aloof, antagonistic, antisocial, censorious, chilly, cold, combative, competitive, conflicting, contrary, disaffected, disagreeable, distant, estranged, grouchy, grudging, gruff, hateful, ill… …
6unfriendly — ► ADJECTIVE (unfriendier, unfriendliest) ▪ not friendly. DERIVATIVES unfriendliness noun …
7unfriendly — [unfrend′lē] adj. unfriendlier, unfriendliest 1. not friendly or kind 2. hostile 3. not favorable or propitious unfriendliness n …
8unfriendly — un|friend|ly [ʌnˈfrendli] adj comparative unfriendlier superlative unfriendliest 1.) not kind or friendly ▪ The old man looked cross and unfriendly. ▪ a lonely unfriendly place unfriendly to/towards ▪ The villagers were really quite unfriendly… …
9unfriendly — unfriendliness, n. /un frend lee/, adj., unfriendlier, unfriendliest, adv. adj. 1. not amicable; not friendly or kindly in disposition; unsympathetic; aloof: an unfriendly coldness of manner. 2. hostile; antagonistic: an unfriendly act of… …
10-unfriendly — [[t] ʌnfre̱ndli[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED unfriendly combines with nouns, and sometimes adverbs, to form adjectives which describe something which is bad for a particular thing. It s couched in such very user unfriendly terminology. ...this harsh,… …
