unsympathetic
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++un·sym·pa·thet·ic /ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθetɪk/ adjective 1. not kind or helpful to someone who is having problems 无同情心的，冷漠的，不同情的► see thesaurus at unkind2 not willing to support an idea, aim etc 不支持的，不赞同的unsympathetic to/towards a government that’s unsympathetic to public opinion 不体恤民意的政府3 an unsympathetic person in a book or play is unpleasant and difficult to like 〔书或戏剧里的角色〕不惹人喜欢的 an unsympathetic character 不讨人喜欢的人物 —unsympathetically /-kli/ adverbExamples from the Corpus
unsympathetic• There are a couple of troubling aspects to this account, but even to raise them is to seem somehow unsympathetic.• I explained our problems to the bank manager, but he remained unsympathetic.• 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.• The Chancellor is, however, unsympathetic and safety-first will be his watchword.• an unsympathetic boss• I'm sorry, I don't mean to be unsympathetic, but I don't see how I can help.• But as we contemplate these bitter internecine struggles we should not be too unsympathetic or complacent.• Our appeal for government help met with an unsympathetic response.• But they are not entirely unsympathetic to natural parents.• Sometimes the level of indoctrination seems extreme, especially to those unsympathetic with the message.unsympathetic to/towards• The world seems cruel and unsympathetic to her and Mitch would help her.• But they are not entirely unsympathetic to natural parents.• Ministers who are keen advocates of a free market economy may be unsympathetic to such ideas.• And to compound the problem, the local planning authority had shown themselves unsympathetic to the owner's over-ambitious plans for rebuilding.• Gross desperately pointed to the work of a lifetime to show that he was scarcely unsympathetic to the plight of minority students.• Spectators were not surprisingly unsympathetic to the rare protests of professionals about the maximum wage and the retain-and-transfer system.• According to one theory, held by some psychiatrists, patients may find doctors increasingly unsympathetic to their plight.• The new Assembly, however, was quite unsympathetic to these views.un·sym·pa·thet·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
not to or who kind Corpus someone helpful
unsympathetic
un‧sym‧pa‧thet‧ic /ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθetɪk/
adjective
2. not willing to support an idea, aim etc
unsympathetic to/towards
a government that’s unsympathetic to public opinion
3. an unsympathetic person in a book or play is unpleasant and difficult to like:
an unsympathetic character
—unsympathetically /-kli/ adverb
▪ 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
un‧sym‧pa‧thet‧ic /ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθetɪk/
adjective Word Family: noun: sympathy, sympathizer; verb: sympathize; adverb: sympathetically; adjective: sympathetic ≠ unsympathetic
1. not kind or helpful to someone who is having problems2. not willing to support an idea, aim etc
unsympathetic to/towards
3. an unsympathetic person in a book or play is unpleasant and difficult to like:
—unsympathetically /-kli/ adverb
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