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uncooperativeness

  • a word derived from cooperative.
    cooperative
    adjective
    working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.

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“Dr. Tessier-Lavigne did an able job of initially pursuing corrective efforts with the journals Cell and Science between 2015-16, despite the uncooperativeness of another co-author during this time,” the committee wrote.

From Scientific American Aug. 1, 2023

He grew up in Beverly Hills and, out of "sheer uncooperativeness," did not learn to read until the fourth grade.

From Time Magazine Archive