avoidant

/ əˈvɔɪdənt /

adjective

1. (of behaviour) demonstrating a tendency to avoid intimacy or interaction with others

Example Sentences

“It’s All Your Fault, Tyler Price!” introduces four characters who are thinly veiled versions of the Decters: an emotionally avoidant composer dad, a burned out corporate lawyer mom, a sweet older sister with epilepsy, and a charismatic younger brother tasked with taking care of her.

From Los Angeles Times

In this series, several couples are off to a rocky start - issues of attraction, clashing personalities and avoidant behaviour has been plaguing some participants.

From BBC

She adds that Richelle's "signs of avoidant attachment could be an underlying therapeutic challenge" which the experts may not qualified to help her with.

From BBC

The scores were intended to assess how well the species fared in the city relative to other species and place them within a continuum of urban tolerance, from most to least avoidant.

From Science Daily

"Now we have a sense of not only urban tolerant/urban avoidant, but the degree to which each species is responding to our measures of urban intensity," Curti said.

From Science Daily