as in detached
having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others
she's not antisocial, just extremely shy
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Recent Examples of antisocial
To be sure, there’s no need to cross the line and be complicit in any antisocial, unethical, or destructive behaviors.
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But even some Democrats acknowledged that rising public concerns about crime and antisocial behavior provide a backdrop to the case that may contribute to more lenient views of Penny’s actions.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
To ’60s bikers, swastikas didn’t signal allegiance to the Nazi cause, per se, but a broader antisocial tendency.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 21 June 2024
Screaming and antisocial behavior may not seem like beloved traits, but these penguins are revered in Māori culture as taonga, or treasure, even gracing the country’s $5 bill.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But even some Democrats acknowledged that rising public concerns about crime and antisocial behavior provide a backdrop to the case that may contribute to more lenient views of Penny’s actions.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
To ’60s bikers, swastikas didn’t signal allegiance to the Nazi cause, per se, but a broader antisocial tendency.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 21 June 2024
Screaming and antisocial behavior may not seem like beloved traits, but these penguins are revered in Māori culture as taonga, or treasure, even gracing the country’s $5 bill.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antisocial
Adjective
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One adult who lives in the detached garage and six adults and three cats who live in an adjacent home were displaced by the fire, according to the post.—
Graeme Taskerud,
The Denver Post,
28 Feb. 2025
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These parents fulfill their child’s basic needs—food, shelter and clothing—but remain emotionally detached and disengaged.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Shaw’s prophecy was light years distant from Uncle Jerry’s reality.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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However, as the digital age took over and print media became less prevalent, this art form faded into a distant memory, kept alive only by professional mixed-media and collage artists.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In cold weather, the fluid circulating through the geothermal system’s underground plastic pipes absorbs the relatively warm temperature of the earth and brings it back to home heat pumps, which concentrate the heat and send it into homes.—
Nara Schoenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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But as the lingerie giant negotiates around a more cautious consumer, colder weather and tariff uncertainty out of the Trump White House, Hillary Super’s longer-term plans are coming into focus.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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During a difficult, awkward stage of life, already complicated by the harsh spotlight of contemporary social media, teenagers will likely turn even more inward and asocial, relying on synthetic companions to understand the world around them.—
Reece Rogers,
WIRED,
11 Dec. 2024
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According to the authors of the research, the results challenge the traditional conception of cats as socially aloof, and suggest that some species — whether considered social or asocial — acquire the ability to recognize people’s voices as a result of close contact, rather than domestication.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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California cool Mother denim has collaborated with JJ Martin’s La Double J fashion brand on a capsule collection debuting Thursday.—
Booth Moore,
WWD,
7 Mar. 2025
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And if that just so happens to lead to a Nobel Peace Prize, that’s cool, too.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
2 June 2024
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To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Every Wednesday night, Erika Hernandez's home has an open door—and a reserved seat—for her late son's best friend.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Members of the State Department's diplomatic corps have a reserved section.—
Javier Zarracina,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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Adichie’s protagonists are independent and deeply ambivalent, not so much aloof as detached, both from their love interests and from their own desires and aspirations.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
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There’s a certain traditional stereotype of actors as people who are arrogant or self-confident, the sort of people who are overly serious, aloof, or pretentious.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Antisocial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antisocial. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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