nonagreeable

English

Etymology

non- +‎ agreeable

Adjective

nonagreeable (comparative more nonagreeable, superlative most nonagreeable)

1. Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing.
   • 1977, Report of the Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, page 441:

     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.

   • 2012, Issues in Technology Theory, Research, and Application:

     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

   • 2017, Aphrodite Veneti, Charalampos Konstanopoulos, Grammati Pantziou, “Evolutionary Computation for the Ship Routing Problem”, in Charalampos Konstantopoulos, ‎ Grammati Pantziou, editor, Modeling, Computing and Data Handling Methodologies for for Maritime Transportation, page 107:

     In particular, surf-riding and broaching-to are two situations that should be avoided when navigating in nonagreeable weather conditions.

2. Unfriendly.
   • 2000, Lars R. Bergman, ‎ Robert B. Cairns, ‎ Lars-Goran Nilsson, Developmental Science and the Holistic Approach, page 269:

     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.

   • 2021, Dan P. McAdams, ‎ Rebecca L. Shiner, ‎ Jennifer L. Tackett, Handbook of Personality Development, page 176:

     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.

   • 2023, Robert N. Lussier, ‎David C. Kimball, Applied Sport Management Skills:

     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.

3. Not agreeing; in disagreement with.
   • 1969 September 30, Congressional Record, page 27713:

     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.

   • 1991, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Subcommittee, Oversight of Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Programs:

     I am kind of nonagreeable with Chief Cleghorn.

   • 2013, G. C. Jones, Growing Up Hard in Harlan County:

     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.