unsocial

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

Translation

adj. ikke sosial; ikke gregarisk; ensom; ikke god til å sosialisere.

Example Sentences

the unsocial behaviour of young teenagers.

den uopprettelige oppførselen til unge tenåringene.

Real-world Examples

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

Men selv da, tenk på hvor fundamentalt usosial situasjonen 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 blir mer usosiale, det gir ikke lenger tilfredsstillende å engasjere oss med hverandre og se inn i noen sin øyne.

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.

Etikken til de små sektene har ofte vært ganske uenig og streng og usosial.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

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

Seks dager i uken. Så jeg må jobbe svært usosiale timer.

Source: CET-4 Intensive Listening

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

Personer som må jobbe i skift med usosiale timer får ekstra betalt for ulempen.

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 det er sikkert ingen overraskelse, siden du har reist; og tydeligvis fra alt du har sagt, i usosiale land.

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 jobber fra 9 til 3, så starter jeg igjen klokken 5:30 og jobber frem til 11, seks dager i uken. Så jeg må jobbe svært usosiale 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.

Det er to svært enkle og effektive løsninger, imidlertid, ved hjelp av hvilke staten kunne, uten vold, rette opp alt som var usosialt eller uenig streng i etikken til alle de små sektene landet var delt inn i.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

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