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UNSYMPATHISING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unsympathising mean?
• UNSYMPATHISING (adjective)
The adjective UNSYMPATHISING has 1 sense:
1. not showing or expressing sympathy
Familiarity information: UNSYMPATHISING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not showing or expressing sympathy
Synonyms:
unsympathising; unsympathizing
Context example:
an uncharitable and unsympathizing attitude
Similar:
unsympathetic (not sympathetic or disposed toward)
Context examples
And I do not want a stranger—unsympathising, alien, different from me; I want my kindred: those with whom I have full fellow- feeling.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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