неласковый

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Russian

Etymology

не- (ne-) +‎ ла́сковый (láskovyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

нела́сковый (neláskovyj)

  1. unfriendly, untender
    • 1895, Антон Чехов , “chapter III”, in Убийство, Москва: Русская мысль; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Murder, 1919:
      Остана́вливались здесь неохо́тно, та́к как хозя́ева всегда́ бы́ли нела́сковы и бра́ли с прое́зжих о́чень до́рого.
      Ostanávlivalisʹ zdesʹ neoxótno, ták kak xozjájeva vsegdá býli neláskovy i bráli s projézžix óčenʹ dórogo.
      Travellers did not care to put up here, as the people of the house were always unfriendly and charged heavily.

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