unfriendly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not easy to understand or use
    • user-unfriendly
  2. adjective not disposed to friendship or friendliness
    • an unfriendly coldness of manner
    • an unfriendly action to take
  3. adjective satellite not friendly
    inimical.
    • an unfriendly act of aggression
    • an inimical critic
  4. adjective satellite very unfavorable to life or growth
    uncongenial; hostile.
    • a hostile climate
    • an uncongenial atmosphere
    • an uncongenial soil
    • the unfriendly environment at high altitudes

WordNet


Un*friend"ly adjective
Definitions
  1. Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.
  2. Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health. -- Un*friend"li*ness n.

Webster 1913