uncharitable

American  

[uhn-char-i-tuh-buhl] / ʌnˈtʃær ɪ tə bəl /

adjective

1. deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless.

   an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.

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uncharitable British  

/ ʌnˈtʃærɪtəbəl /

adjective

1. (of a person, remark, etc) unkind or lacking in generosity

   an uncharitable criticism

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Other Word Forms

• uncharitableness noun
• uncharitably adverb

Etymology

Origin of uncharitable

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; un- ¹, charitable

Example Sentences

He’s going out not with something tame and manicured but with an overstuffed, vigorous, seething story about the roots of fascism that only an uncharitable viewer would call a catastrophe.

From Los Angeles Times

Oh, well, thank goodness, I thought, sarcastically and, perhaps, a bit uncharitably.

From New York Times

Samet has one semester left before completing his mandatory four-year stint, and he longs to be transferred to the far-more cosmopolitan Istanbul and be free of a place he uncharitably refers to as a dump.

From Los Angeles Times

In my uncharitable moments, I wondered if that was the point: Put your car-less parents here.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s funny, if glib and uncharitable, in the way that biting satire often is.

From New York Times