In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
UNSYMPATHETIC
disagreeable, unsympathetic
(adjective) not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; “found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it”; “a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him”
unkindly, unsympathetic
(adjective) lacking in sympathy and kindness; “unkindly ancts”
closed, unsympathetic
(adjective) not having an open mind; “a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas”
unsympathetic
(adjective) not sympathetic or disposed toward; “unsympathetic officialdom”; “people unsympathetic to the revolution”; “his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic”
unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable
(adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings; “all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unsympathetic (comparative more unsympathetic, superlative most unsympathetic)
not sympathetic
Source: Wiktionary
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UNMARRIED
(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”
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