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unfriendly - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'unfriendly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unfriendly [ a.]
- Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.
- Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health.

Meaning of 'unfriendly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . unfriendly [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not disposed to friendship or friendliness
Example in sentence:
  • an unfriendly action to take;
  • an unfriendly coldness of manner
Meaning (2):
- not easy to understand or use
Example in sentence:
  • user-unfriendly
3 . unfriendly [ s]
Meaning (3):
- very unfavorable to life or growth
Example in sentence:
  • a hostile climate;
  • an uncongenial atmosphere;
  • an uncongenial soil;
  • the unfriendly environment at high altitudes
Meaning (4):
- not friendly
Example in sentence:
  • an inimical critic;
  • an unfriendly act of aggression