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Meaning of nonagreeable | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing.
  2. Unfriendly.
  3. Not agreeing; in disagreement with.

Examples

“Although the right of eminent domain generally carries the power to acquire property against the will of the owner and for nonagreeable compensation, it is not necessary that resort be had to adversary type formal court proceedings in all cases.”
“This study considers the scheduling problem observed in the burn-in operation of semiconductor final testing, where jobs are associated with release times, due dates, processing times, sizes, and nonagreeable release times and due dates”
“In particular, surf-riding and broaching-to are two situations that should be avoided when navigating in nonagreeable weather conditions.”
“A nonagreeable woman described herself as being mean: for instance, nagging, sarcastic, and unforgiving, whereas a nonagreeable man described himself as being domineering, for instance, cold, intolerant, and disputatious.”
“Given that agreeable people tend to get along well with others (see below) and are high in personality resiliency (Cumberland-Li et al., 2004; also see Oshri et al., 2013), the are expected bo be less likely than nonagreeable people to be prone to social withdrawal, social anxiety, or depression.”
“Agreeable personality types are usually more willing to work with you to resolve the conflict, whereas nonagreeable personality types are more likely to use force to get their way.”
“These voluntary quotas could be circumvented by diverting exported steel through countries which have not entered into the limitation plan. In fact, these "nonagreeable" nations could take advantage of all the voluntary participants and cut themselves a larger slice of the U.S. domestic market pie.”
“I am kind of nonagreeable with Chief Cleghorn.”
“All the promises that were made to get them to break away from the U.M.W. of A. and join the company union were ignored, and violence and killings of nonagreeable miners were being committed all over the county.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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