Meanings
adjectiveuncooperative (comparative more uncooperative, superlative most uncooperative)
comparative more uncooperative · superlative most uncooperative · alternative unco-operative · alternative uncoöperative
- Not cooperative.
Synonyms: noncooperative
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot cooperative.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveunwilling to cooperate
Opposite
adjectiveintentionally unaccommodating
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinco-
- Englishco-
- Englishoperative
- Englishcooperative
- Englishuncooperative
From un- + cooperative.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Estonian tõrges
- tõrgesnot cooperative
Finnish hangoitteleva
- hangoittelevanot cooperative
Greek δύσκολος
- δύσκολος (dýskolos)not cooperative
Icelandic erfiður
- erfiðurnot cooperative
Cite this entry
APA
uncooperative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncooperative
MLA
“uncooperative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncooperative. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncooperative,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncooperative.
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