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Unaccommodating

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1.Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like.
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Adj.1.Unaccommodatingunaccommodating - not accommodating; "the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door"
unobliging
accommodating, accommodative - helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
2.Unaccommodatingunaccommodating - offering no assistance; "rudely unaccommodating to the customers"; "icily neutral, disagreeably unhelpful"
unhelpful - providing no assistance
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The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders, - nay, his very neckcloth, trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was, - all helped the emphasis.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
Straight from his fortress he answered: "I seem rather unaccommodating, but I have some experience of life, and know how one thing leads to another.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
He was perfectly aware that deception, if detected, might prove dangerous; and, for one of his pursuits and character, he was strongly troubled with an unaccommodating regard for the truth.
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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