Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

uncharitable

[uhn-char-i-tuh-buh l]
See more synonyms for uncharitable on Thesaurus.com
adjective
  1. deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
Show More

Origin of uncharitable

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at un-1, charitable
Related formsun·char·i·ta·ble·ness, nounun·char·i·ta·bly, adverb
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for uncharitable

Historical Examples

  • For the laws of the states are uncharitable to one another in this respect.

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918

    Various

  • It is very unwise to do that, and sometimes it may be most uncharitable.

  • I don't like to be uncharitable, but they seem, in a way, so improper.

    Robert Orange

    John Oliver Hobbes

  • He says that he "denounced" its course, "as illegal, uncharitable, and cruel."

  • But that she is very—what shall I say of her that will not seem harsh or uncharitable?

    Her Mother's Secret

    Emma D. E. N. Southworth

British Dictionary definitions for uncharitable

uncharitable

adjective
  1. (of a person, remark, etc) unkind or lacking in generosityan uncharitable criticism
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012