uncooperative
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(ŭn′kō-ŏp′ər-ə-tĭv, -ŏp′rə-tĭv, -ŏp′ə-rā′tĭv)adj.
Not cooperative: an uncooperative witness.
un′co·op′er·a·tive·ly adv.
un′co·op′er·a·tive·ness n.
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uncooperative
(ˌʌnkəʊˈɒpərətɪv)adj
making no effort at all to help other people or to make other people's lives easier
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| Adj. | 1. |  uncooperative - unwilling to cooperate; "an uncooperative witness"unhelpful - providing no assistance disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children" cooperative - done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit; "a cooperative effort" |
| 2. |  uncooperative - intentionally unaccommodating; "the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging"unaccommodating, unobliging - not accommodating; "the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door" |
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uncooperative
adjective unhelpful, difficult, awkward, unreasonable, obstructive, unresponsive, cussed (informal), bloody-minded (Brit. informal), inconsiderate, unsupportive, disobliging, unaccommodating a bunch of stupid, cranky, uncooperative old fools
helpful, obliging, accommodating, supportive, cooperative, reasonable, responsive, considerate
helpful, obliging, accommodating, supportive, cooperative, reasonable, responsive, considerate
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uncooperative
adj attitude → stur, wenig entgegenkommend; witness, colleague → wenig hilfreich, nicht hilfsbereit; the government office remained uncooperative → das Regierungsamt war auch weiterhin nicht zur Kooperation bereit; if the prisoner is still uncooperative → wenn sich der Gefangene weiterhin weigert, mit uns zusammenzuarbeiten; why are you being so uncooperative? → warum helfen Sie denn nicht mit?; you’re being rather uncooperative → Sie sind nicht sehr hilfreich; an uncooperative partner → ein Partner, der nicht mitmacht; they didn’t exactly go on strike, they just became uncooperative → sie haben nicht gerade gestreikt, sie haben nur auf stur geschaltet
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uncooperative
a. poco dócil; que no coopera.
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uncooperative
adj no colaboradorEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.