uncharitable
Americanadjective
adjective
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
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Critics took issue with the book’s uncharitable caricatures of people assumed to be in the author’s life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
It's uncharitable to bring it up again, but Dua Lipa's first ever Brits performance back in 2018 was so stilted that it spawned the "go girl, give us nothing" meme.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024
It’s funny, if glib and uncharitable, in the way that biting satire often is.
From New York Times • May 17, 2023
Usually the images were enough to make the point of their climate and ours, but some Christmas postcards carried a distinctly gloating base note, or at least an uncharitable one.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022
Soon after Mantell’s death an arrestingly uncharitable obituary appeared in the Literary Gazette.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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