unsupportive
adjective
un·sup·port·ive
ˌən-sə-ˈpȯr-tiv 
: not providing support : not supportive
But any personal gain I may have realized as a result of this environment is tempered by a public attitude toward teaching that is not only unsupportive but at times antagonistic.—
Howard Karlitz
Howard KarlitzThey were unsupportive of her decision.
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That rising anxiety was captured in a post-election survey from UCLA’s Williams Institute which found that nearly half of transgender people had already fled unsupportive communities and nearly 1 in 4 were considering uprooting their lives.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 3 June 2025
There are rich details and lively moments, but also some painful memories: like a difficult conversation with his unsupportive brother.
—George Gene Gustines, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Director Steven Spielberg's body of work is notoriously full of divorced dads, but this film marks a rare attempt at framing the absentee father figure as a sympathetic protagonist, rather than an unsupportive side character or an unseen agent of disappointment.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
The lives of Justin and his love interest, Keisha (Lovie Simone), feel deeply considered, and offer commentary on not just teen issues but everything from gender roles to parenting, socioeconomics, and an education system that is unsupportive of neurodivergence.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
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Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 3 June 2025
There are rich details and lively moments, but also some painful memories: like a difficult conversation with his unsupportive brother.
—George Gene Gustines, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Director Steven Spielberg's body of work is notoriously full of divorced dads, but this film marks a rare attempt at framing the absentee father figure as a sympathetic protagonist, rather than an unsupportive side character or an unseen agent of disappointment.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
The lives of Justin and his love interest, Keisha (Lovie Simone), feel deeply considered, and offer commentary on not just teen issues but everything from gender roles to parenting, socioeconomics, and an education system that is unsupportive of neurodivergence.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
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“Unsupportive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsupportive. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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