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unaccommodating

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not accommodating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not accommodating

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unobliging

Antonyms: accommodating

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

offering no assistance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • rudely unaccommodating to the customers
  • icily neutral, disagreeably unhelpful

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin commodō Latin accommodō Latin accommodātusbor. English accommodate English -ing English accommodating English unaccommodating From un- + accommodating.