uncharitable

[uhn-char-i-tuh-buhl]

adjective

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

   an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.

uncharitable

/ ʌnˈtʃærɪtəbəl /

adjective

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

   an uncharitable criticism

Other Word Forms

• uncharitableness noun
• uncharitably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncharitable¹

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.

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The uncharitable characterizations may help Trump’s team in its efforts to undermine Cohen’s credibility.

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

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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.

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Many of these leaders prefer to uncharitably highlight the shortcomings of their political adversaries and discredit them.

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