- 1unsympathetic (to/toward somebody) not feeling or showing any sympathy I told him about the problem but he was totally unsympathetic.
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- 2unsympathetic (to/toward something) not in agreement with something; not supporting an idea, aim, etc. The government was unsympathetic to public opinion.
- 3(of a person) not easy to like; unpleasant opposite sympathetic
NAmE//ˌʌnsɪmpəˈθɛt̮ɪkli//
adverb “You've only got yourself to blame,” she said unsympathetically.See unsympathetic in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: unsympathetic