If someone works unsocial hours, they work late at night, early in the morning, at weekends, or on public holidays. In Britain, people are often paid extra for working unsocial hours.
[British]
unsocial in British English
(ʌnˈsəʊʃəl)
adjective
1.
not social; antisocial
2.
(of the hours of work of certain jobs) falling outside the normal working day
unsocial in American English
(ʌnˈsoʊʃəl)
adjective
having or showing a dislike for the society of others
SYNONYMY NOTE: unsocial implies an aversion to the society or company of others [an unsocial neighbor]; asocial implies complete indifference to the interests, welfare, etc. of society and connotesabnormal or irresponsible self-centeredness [the frequent asocial behavior of very young children]; antisocial applies to that which is believed to be detrimental to or destructive of the socialorder, social institutions, etc. [the anarchist's antisocial teachings]; nonsocial expresses simple absence of social relationship [nonsocial fields of interest]
OPPOSITE: social
Derived forms
unsocially (unˈsocially)
adverb
Examples of 'unsocial' in a sentence
unsocial
Now, I'm going to make telephone calls and unsocial arrangements of that sort.
Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2001)
Feeling distinctly unsocial, Gabriel turned to the countess.