uncooperativeness
Stubborn resistance displayed
The quality of being unwilling to work with others or follow requests.
Uncooperativeness can be passive—simply not helping—or active resistance to collaboration: Her uncooperativeness made the project impossible to finish on time.
The word is clunky and often replaced by phrases like "refusal to cooperate" or "lack of cooperation."
Refusal to yield
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
intransigence · obduracy · hardheadedness · doggedness · pertinacity · single-mindedness · inflexibility · immovability
Defying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
- rebelliousnessTendency toward defiant resistance
mutiny · dissent · contumacy · refusal · resistance · nonconformity · disregard · waywardness
Failure to assist
- obstructivenessTendency to impede progress
- unresponsivenessLack of reaction
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- standoffishnessUnfriendly reserve toward others
aloofness · evasiveness · unaccommodating · disengagement · passive resistance · foot-dragging · cold shoulder · shutting out
Resistance between touching surfaces
- discordLack of agreement
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
disagreement · tension · strife · clashing · feuding · quarrelsomeness · combativeness · confrontation
stubbornness
Refusal to yield
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
willfulness · intransigence · obduracy · hardheadedness · doggedness · pertinacity · single-mindedness · inflexibility · immovability · adamancy
insubordination
Defying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
rebelliousness · mutiny · dissent · contumacy · refusal · resistance · nonconformity · disregard · waywardness · unruliness
unhelpfulness
Failure to assist
- obstructivenessTendency to impede progress
- unresponsivenessLack of reaction
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
standoffishness · aloofness · evasiveness · unaccommodating · disengagement · passive resistance · foot-dragging · cold shoulder · shutting out · brush-off
friction
Resistance between touching surfaces
- discordLack of agreement
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
contention · disagreement · tension · strife · clashing · feuding · quarrelsomeness · combativeness · confrontation · belligerence
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
- defiancedefiance, disobedience, insubordination, noncompliance, rebellion
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
uncooperativenesscooperativeness
Inclination to work jointly
cooperation · teamwork · collaboration · helpfulness · collaborativeness
uncooperativenessthoughtfulness
Attentive care for others
consideration · sensitivity · regard · attentiveness · responsiveness
cooperation, cooperative, cooperate, uncooperative, cooperating, cooperator, cooperatively, noncooperative, uncooperatively