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say it: uhn-sim-puh-THET-ik
unsympathetic is an adjective meaning "not sympathetic or disposed toward". It is pronounced /ənˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/ — uhn-sim-puh-THET-ik. It carries 5 recorded senses.
not sympathetic or disposed toward
“unsympathetic officialdom”
“people unsympathetic to the revolution”
“his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic”
(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
“all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic”
drama
not agreeing with your tastes or expectations
“found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it”
“a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for unsympathetic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.