adj
Meaning 1
Not cooperative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: noncooperative
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
uncooperative
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N K OW0 AA1 P ER0 AH0 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
unwilling to cooperate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an uncooperative witness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: cooperative
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
intentionally unaccommodating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disobliging
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English operative English cooperative English uncooperative From un- + cooperative.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Estonian: tõrges — not cooperative
- Finnish: hangoitteleva — not cooperative
- Greek: δύσκολος (dýskolos) — not cooperative
- Icelandic: erfiður — not cooperative
- Macedonian: неуслужлив (neuslužliv) — not cooperative
- Manx: neucho-obbragh — not cooperative
Real reading context