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uncooperating

uncooperating adjective: not cooperating; uncooperative.

Adjective

uncooperating (comparative more uncooperating, superlative most uncooperating)

  1. Not cooperating; uncooperative.
    • In addition, the work of AIDS Laboratory technician Donald Hicks […] was reputedly stymied by uncooperating higher-ups and mysteriously vanishing records.1986 February 15, Elizabeth Pincus, “The CDC: When Politics & Egos Hamper Saving Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page 2

Forms of uncooperating

comparativemore uncooperating
superlativemost uncooperating

Origin of uncooperating

From un- + cooperating.

Questions about uncooperating

What does uncooperating mean?
Uncooperating means not cooperating; uncooperative.
What part of speech is uncooperating?
Uncooperating is an adjective.

Words near uncooperating in the dictionary

  1. uncoolest
  2. uncoolly
  3. uncoolness
  4. uncoop
  5. uncooped
  6. uncooperating
  7. uncooperation
  8. uncooperative
  9. uncooperatively
  10. uncooperativeness
  11. uncoopered

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