Sentence examples for less than friendly from inspiring English sources

'less than friendly' is a correct phrase used in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone or something's attitude or behavior towards someone else, to indicate that the attitude or behavior was not as friendly or welcoming as it could have been. For example: At the party, some of the guests gave me less than friendly looks.

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He found the Garden less than friendly.

The commission has been known for being less than friendly to the product.

The Joplin and Big Brother camps have often been less than friendly.

Lewis, a 15-year veteran with Major League Baseball, recalled her early relationship with Lapchick as "less than friendly".

She ruled out buildings where she found that the doorman on duty was less than friendly, thinking that would make it less attractive to a potential roommate.

But her district has lost more residents than any other in the state, because of the city's low birth rate and its less than friendly attitude toward growth.

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The original Eisenhower matrix of four quadrants hasn't been done much on mobile apps because of its less-than friendly mobile shape, but these guys seems to have come up with a neat solution.

The third episode also included some less-than-friendly behavior.

Such confrontations have already been playing out through less-than-friendly encounters between American and Chinese vessels.

So might the threat of returning him to a less-than-friendly welcome from authorities in his home country.

Given this – and Apple's less-than-friendly shareholder governance – it was hard not to see why Mr. Einhorn made a move.

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