uncooperative

Thân thiện

The witness remained uncooperative during the questioning.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Intentionally unaccommodating or not helpful: Describes a person or attitude that is deliberately difficult, obstructive, or unwilling to assist.
   • Unwilling to cooperate: Describes a person who refuses to work with others or to comply with requests, often hindering a process or goal.

Usage and Examples

• General Adjective:
  • The uncooperative witness refused to answer the detective's questions.
  • Her uncooperative attitude made the team project much more difficult to complete.
  • We tried to negotiate, but the landlord remained uncooperative.

Advanced Usage and Nuances

• The term often implies a degree of stubbornness or active resistance, rather than mere passivity.
• It can describe systems or mechanisms that fail to work together smoothly, though it is most commonly applied to people.
  • The two software programs were uncooperative, constantly causing file conflicts.

Variants and Related Words

• Uncooperatively (adverb): In an uncooperative manner.
  • He sighed uncooperatively when asked to help.
• Uncooperativeness (noun): The quality or state of being uncooperative.
  • The suspect's uncooperativeness prolonged the investigation.

Synonyms

• Unaccommodating: Not willing to help or adapt to wishes.
• Disobliging: Unwilling to do a favor or be helpful.
• Obstructive: Causing deliberate difficulties or delays.
• Recalcitrant: Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude.

Antonyms

• Cooperative: Involving mutual assistance in working toward a common goal.
• Helpful: Giving or ready to give help.
• Accommodating: Willing to fit in with someone's wishes or needs.
• Obliging: Willing to do a service or kindness; helpful.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• While there is no common idiom using the exact word "uncooperative," the concept is often expressed in phrases like:
  • To be a stick-in-the-mud: To be a person who is uncooperative and refuses to join in.
  • To drag one's feet: To delay or be deliberately slow to act, showing uncooperativeness.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. intentionally unaccommodating
   • the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging
2. unwilling to cooperate
   • an uncooperative witness

Từ đồng nghĩa

• disobliging