socialize
verb (used with object)
to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
unsocialized
-
a word derived from
socialize.
Example Sentences
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Gauging by the skull flag prominently displayed in Grady’s basement, the boonies of the Pacific Northwest are populated solely by unsocialized, militia-affiliated wild men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
“Finding placement for unsocialized cats is particularly difficult,” Marcia Mayeda, director of the Department of Animal Care and Control, said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
"There’s this idea that home-schoolers are unsocialized – weirdos, for lack of a better term. But there’s a huge network of people," she said.
From Fox News ● Jan. 12, 2022
This Lohengrin is a reluctant savior, so unsocialized that at first he can barely look at Elsa or touch her hand.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2012
If the family fails to perform these important functions the chances are that unsocialized individuals will take important places in society, and this means ultimately social anarchy.
From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles A. (Charles Abram) Ellwood
