unsocial

[US]/ʌn'səʊʃ(ə)l/
[UK]/ˌʌn'soʃl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. ikke social; ikke samfundsgregribende; enestående; ikke god til at socialisere.

Example Sentences

the unsocial behaviour of young teenagers.

unge teenageres usociale adfærd.

Real-world Examples

But even then, think of how fundamentally unsocial the situation is.

Men selv da, tænk over hvor fundamentalt usocial situationen er.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

We're becoming unsocial, it no longer satisfies to engage with one another, and look into someone's eyes.

Vi bliver usociale, det tilfredsstiller ikke længere at engagere sig med hinanden og se nogen i øjnene.

Source: Listen to a little bit of fresh news every day.

The morals of those little sects, indeed, have frequently been rather disagreeably rigorous and unsocial.

Morallene i de små sekter har faktisk ofte været ret ubehageligt strenge og usociale.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

Six days a week. So I have to work very unsocial hours.

Seks dage om ugen. Så jeg er nødt til at arbejde meget usociale timer.

Source: CET-4 Intensive Listening

People who have to work in shifh with unsocial hours are paid extra for the inconvenience.

Folk, der er nødt til at arbejde på skift med usociale timer, får betalt ekstra for ulejligheden.

Source: Advanced Interpretation Listening Fourth Edition

But surely there need be no wonder in that, since you have been travelling; and clearly from all you have been saying, in unsocial countries.

Men der bør da bestemt ikke være nogen undren over det, da du har rejst; og tydeligt fra alt, hvad du har sagt, i usociale lande.

Source: News from Wuyou Township (Part 1)

I work 9 to 3, then I start again at 5: 30 and work until 11, six days a week. So I have to work very unsocial hours.

Jeg arbejder fra kl. 9 til kl. 15, så starter jeg igen kl. 17:30 og arbejder indtil kl. 23, seks dage om ugen. Så jeg er nødt til at arbejde meget usociale timer.

Source: Level 4 Listening 3

There are two very easy and effectual remedies, however, by whose joint operation the state might, without violence, correct whatever was unsocial or disagreeably rigorous in the morals of all the little sects into which the country was divided.

Der er dog to meget lette og effektive midler, hvormed staten uden vold kunne rette op på, hvad der var usocialt eller ubehageligt strengt i moralen hos alle de små sekter, som landet var opdelt i.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

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