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Recent Examples of unfriendliness
Images accompanied by verbal descriptions of their generosity and kindness resulted in higher scores of facial attractiveness than when the same images were accompanied by negative traits like selfishness and unfriendliness.
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Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024
Each of the 1,200 mainstream vehicles the ACEEE evaluates is given an overall Green Score that can be used to compare the relative environmental friendliness – or unfriendliness as the case may be – from one model to another.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Researchers found unfriendliness of staff was also linked to speed and order accuracy, and therefore had the potential to impact companies’ bottom lines.
—Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022
Citing cryptocurrency’s environmental unfriendliness, Tesla abruptly rebuked Bitcoin as payment just 49 days later.
—Basemwasef, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022
The plastics industry was, and is, the symbol for everything uncool: an inauthentic material, the boring bourgeois business of making and selling it, all with a whiff of environmental unfriendliness.
—Kyle Harper, WSJ, 6 May 2022
After the check cleared, though, is when the bank lived up to its reputation for customer unfriendliness.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
But for me, UnitedHealthcare’s moves underline, yet again, the inherent patient-unfriendliness of a $4-trillion healthcare system run primarily by for-profit corporations.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024
Each of the 1,200 mainstream vehicles the ACEEE evaluates is given an overall Green Score that can be used to compare the relative environmental friendliness – or unfriendliness as the case may be – from one model to another.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Researchers found unfriendliness of staff was also linked to speed and order accuracy, and therefore had the potential to impact companies’ bottom lines.
—Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2022
Citing cryptocurrency’s environmental unfriendliness, Tesla abruptly rebuked Bitcoin as payment just 49 days later.
—Basemwasef, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022
The plastics industry was, and is, the symbol for everything uncool: an inauthentic material, the boring bourgeois business of making and selling it, all with a whiff of environmental unfriendliness.
—Kyle Harper, WSJ, 6 May 2022
After the check cleared, though, is when the bank lived up to its reputation for customer unfriendliness.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
But for me, UnitedHealthcare’s moves underline, yet again, the inherent patient-unfriendliness of a $4-trillion healthcare system run primarily by for-profit corporations.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfriendliness
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TikTok has long denied having any links to the Chinese government, and the federal government has not made public any of the specific intelligence it’s used to justify its hostility against the company.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Jordanian government announced the closure of the crossing amid the hostility.Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
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Both women seem stuck in a cycle of mutual antagonism, leaving us to wonder how long the truce will last before someone gets triggered again.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s leadership is steeped in antagonism toward both Israel and the United States, and the regime’s investment in its nuclear program and proxy network has been key to its survival strategy.Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Homan displays the sort of belligerence that attracts Trump, but a big question is how far the border czar will go to carry out his mandate.Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
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Australia’s defense spending exceeds the two-percent threshold and the country has big increases planned for the future, but defense experts in Australia have warned that these increases are all scheduled several years from now, which may be too late to deter Chinese belligerence in the near term.Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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Speaking alongside Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Putin highlighted the part of the pact that allows the potential use of Russian nuclear warheads deployed to Belarus in response to an aggression.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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But for some, their disability can lead to frustration and, in turn, aggression.Camille Phillips, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Unfriendliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfriendliness. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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