cooperative
adjective
working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
uncooperative
-
a word derived from
cooperative.
Example Sentences
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I recently watched with smug satisfaction as OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra model hunted through spreadsheets to reconcile an uncooperative credit card statement and then navigated QuickBooks to make sure it was reflected in the right places.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Or don’t sign, and risk being labeled uncooperative or unaccountable.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
Initially, the department said it was punishing Italian pasta companies because they were being uncooperative with its investigation, citing problems that ranged from missing information to untranslated Italian words in the companies’ submissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
Deputies searched the girl’s home in Vandenberg Village and spoke to her mother, but said the young girl was nowhere to be seen and that her mother was uncooperative in the investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
The US patent examiners, however, proved distinctly uncooperative.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
