Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsociable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
unso-cia-ble
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

not desiring the company of others

adj

not congenial or compatible

noun

A person who is not sociable.

Etymology

From un- + sociable.

Inflected Forms

more unsociable (comparative) most unsociable (superlative) unsociables (plural)

Derived Forms

Antonyms

Questions

What does unsociable mean?
not desiring the company of others
Where does unsociable come from?
From un- + sociable.

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