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unaccommodating

That one member of your club who refuses to go along with everyone else's ideas, or even compromise? He's unaccommodating. You can also say he's difficult or unhelpful.

Unaccommodating people make things hard for others, often by refusing to acquiesce to what other people want. An unaccommodating restaurant doesn't offer any vegetarian options and won't leave the olives out of your meal, even though you hate them. And an unaccommodating person might insist on meeting at her own house, refusing to meet halfway between your homes. Accommodating means "helpful or considerate." When you add the un- ("not") prefix, you get unaccommodating.

Definitions of unaccommodating
  1. adjective
    not accommodating
    “the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door”
    synonyms: unobliging
    disobliging, uncooperative
    intentionally unaccommodating
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    antonyms:
    accommodating
    helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
    complaisant, obliging
    showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
    good-natured
    having an easygoing and cheerful disposition
    helpful
    providing assistance or serving a useful function
    kind
    having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
  2. adjective
    offering no assistance
    “rudely unaccommodating to the customers”
    synonyms:
    unhelpful
    providing no assistance
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