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Definition: Uncooperative |
UncooperativeAdjective1. Unwilling to cooperate; "an uncooperative witness". 2. Intentionally unaccommodating; "the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "uncooperative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
Synonym: UncooperativeSynonym: disobliging (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: cooperative (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | My dear, uncooperative Domino. (Thunderball; writing credit: Kevin McClory; Jack Whittingham) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Restraining an uncooperative bearded seal pup - Erignathus barbatus. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The child is hyperactive, uncooperative, or oppositional. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | India | Some Christian groups also claim that BJP officials at state and local levels have become increasingly uncooperative. (references) |
Switzerland | At the same time, the law is designed to curtail the misuse of asylum regulations and enable the more rapid repatriation of uncooperative refugees or those who enter the country without identity papers. (references) | |
Economic History | Kazakhstan | Law enforcement agencies have on occasion brought pressure on foreign investors perceived to be uncooperative with the Government. (references) |
Human Rights | Congo | Government officials were generally uncooperative and unresponsive to their views. (references) |
Belize | However, on March 13, the Supreme Court dismissed the case against Cantun, ruling that the DPP's office, due to uncooperative witnesses, was unable to present a case. (references) | |
Romania | Police investigators said that they did not seize Anghel's certificate or complaint in the September raid and that Anghel was uncooperative in the search for the fugitive Mihai. (references) | |
Political Economy | INDONESIA | The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has recapitalized the banking system, but it has not moved quickly to dispose of assets acquired in the debt-restructuring process or to take on uncooperative debtors. (references) |
Women | Nepal | In a survey conducted by SAATHI, 42 percent of the respondents said that in their experience medical practitioners were uncooperative or negligent in cases of violence against women and girls. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Uncooperative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.51% of the time. "Uncooperative" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.51% | 66 | 41,290 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 67 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
uncooperative | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "uncooperative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غير متعاون. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不合作. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | neochotný spolupracovat, neochotný pomoci, nekooperativní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | peu coopératif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unkollegial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לא משתף פעול" (bloody minded, disobliging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | együttműködni nem hajlandó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tak mau bekerja sama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 捻くれる (to be contrary, to be rebellious, to be uncooperative), 拈くれる (to be contrary, to be rebellious, to be uncooperative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひねくれる (to be contrary, to be rebellious, to be uncooperative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | noi-freihagh (controversial, perverse, petulant, reluctant, wilful), neucho-obbragh (non-cooperative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ooperativeuncay несговорчивый (difficile, gnarled, gnarly, intractable, stroppy, unaccommodating, uncompliant). (various references) nesarađujući, nekooperativan. (various references) que no coopera, poco colaborador, incooperativo. (various references) samarbetsovillig, ohjälpsam (disobliging, unhelpful). (various references) yardımcı olmayan (unhelpful), işbirliği etmeyen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "uncooperative" (pronounced unkōÄ"perutiv) |
| 7 | -Ä" p er u t i v | inoperative, operative. |
| 6 | -p er u t i v | recuperative, vituperative. |
| 5 | -er u t i v | alliterative, degenerative, Federative, figurative, generative, remunerative. |
| 4 | -u t i v | accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alternative, anticompetitive, argumentative, causative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, definitive, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, exploitative, fixative, formative, fugitive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, relative, rep, repetitive, representative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, unimaginative, uninformative, unrepresentative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-n-o-o-p-r-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: aponeurotic, cooperative, neuroactive, overcaution. | |
-3 letters: auctioneer, overaction, precaution, revocation, uncreative. | |
-4 letters: cooperate, epicurean, evaporite, evocation, incurvate, operation, operative, overcount, peritonea, proactive, reception. | |
-5 letters: anoretic, anuretic, aperient, apocrine, atropine, caponier, carotene, ceinture, centiare, conative, conepate, contrive, coparent, copatron, coronate, courante, couranto, creatine, creation, creative, curative, enactive, entropic, enuretic, erection, eruption, eruptive, eupnoeic, evection, evocator, inceptor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-n-o-o-p-r-t-u-v" | |
+2 letters: overspeculation. | |
+3 letters: overspeculations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, ערבית, ערבי, arab, Arabish, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , Sheenish, Sheenagh, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, Sheckagh, Sheckish, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, "ו 'רי, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar |
Indonesian | الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonésien, Indonesier, indonéz, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", Indoneesagh, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya | |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, יפ י, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, יפ י, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, רוסי, orosz, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | اللغة السويدية, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglais, englisch, א 'לית, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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