ungregarious

An obsolete adjective meaning not sociable or not fond of company; rarely used in modern English, replaced by 'unsociable' or 'withdrawn'.

• 🌐صفة قديمة تعني غير اجتماعي أو من لا يحب الاختلاط بالناس؛ نادراً ما تُستخدم في الإنجليزية الحديثة، وقد حلت محلها كلمتا 'unsociable' أو 'withdrawn'.

1. Not sociable C1 formal

   Not inclined to seek or enjoy the company of others; preferring solitude.

   • He was an ungregarious person who rarely attended parties.
   • Her ungregarious nature made it difficult for her to network.
   • The writer lived an ungregarious life in a remote cabin.

   🌐غير اجتماعي

   المرادفات: aloofantisocialdistantintrovertedreclusiveretiringsolitaryunsociableunsocialwithdrawn

   الأضداد: affablecompanionableconvivialextrovertedfriendlygregarioushospitableoutgoingsociablesocial

2. Sparsely growing (plants) C2 formal scientific

   Describing plants that grow in scattered groups rather than dense clusters.

   • The ungregarious ferns dotted the forest floor.
   • These orchids are ungregarious, appearing singly or in small groups.
   • Ungregarious mosses grew in isolated patches on the rocks.

   🌐متناثر النمو

   المرادفات: dispersedisolatedscatteredsolitarysparse

   الأضداد: clusteredgregarious

3. Non-social (animals) C2 formal scientific

   Describing animals that do not live or move in groups or herds.

   • The leopard is an ungregarious predator, hunting alone.
   • Ungregarious birds like the solitary sandpiper avoid flocks.
   • Most bears are ungregarious, except during mating season.

   🌐غير اجتماعي

   المرادفات: lonenonsocialsolitary

   الأضداد: gregariousherdsocial

• more ungregarious comparative form
• most ungregarious superlative form