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Webster 1913 Edition


Unfriendly

Un-friend′ly

,
Adj.
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
(#)
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unfriendly

UNFRIEND'LY

, a.
1.
Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; as an unfriendly neighbor.
2.
Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as weather unfriendly to health.

Definition 2024


unfriendly

unfriendly

English

Adjective

unfriendly (comparative unfriendlier or more unfriendly, superlative unfriendliest or most unfriendly)

  1. Not friendly; hostile; mean.
  2. Unfavourable.

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Noun

unfriendly (plural unfriendlies)

  1. An enemy.
    • 2005, Ted Dekker, Thunder of Heaven (page 217)
      Sweep the valley compound and eliminate any unfriendlies you encounter.
    • 2008, Dennis Wengert, A Very Healthy Insanity (page 44)
      You see, the mission of almost every teenage girl on the loose is to first identify the targets, just like a war. These include the primary objective (the boy), the enemy (other girls), the friendlies (sympathetic girl friends and the boy's family), and unfriendlies (other boys).