ungenerous

[ uhn-jen-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. stingy; miserly:

   an ungenerous portion; an ungenerous employer.

2. uncharitable; petty:

   an ungenerous critic; an ungenerous impulse.

ungenerous

/ -ˈdʒɛnrəs; ʌnˈdʒɛnərəs /

adjective

1. not willing and liberal in giving away one's money, time, etc

Other Words From

• un·gen·er·os·i·ty [uhn-jen-, uh, -, ros, -i-tee], noun
• un·gener·ous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of ungenerous¹

First recorded in 1635–45; un- ¹ + generous

Example Sentences

That’s an ungenerous assessment of America’s response to surges in migrants seeking the promise that, in other contexts, the United States celebrates.

From Washington Post

I am referring here to establishment Republicans, which for 150 years have consistently been the party of the rich and ungenerous.

From The Daily Beast

Dickens showed the land to be “a troubled republic: ambitious, cruel, ungenerous, brutal, and divided.”

From The Daily Beast

It's an ungenerous view, and one that Under the Sun goes a long way to undermine.

From The Daily Beast

To be wealthy, married, unfaithful, and ungenerous is to insult a woman's basic intelligence, as well as her pride.

From The Daily Beast

Some of my relatives felt I was ungenerous, and some simply wondered, Whose side are you on?

From The Daily Beast

In an instant he was beside her; for though he had been irritable and ungenerous, he had at bottom a kind heart.

From Project Gutenberg

Excusably enough in so young a man, he allowed himself to be swayed by personal feeling, and his feeling was ungenerous.

From Project Gutenberg

Twists and curves were no longer permitted: everything had to be straightforward, logical, ungenerous, inexorable.

From Project Gutenberg

I am not preaching suspicion, or reserve, or anything ungenerous, but justice and truth.

From Project Gutenberg

He had been rather a hard taskmaster, though as a paymaster trustworthy; a ready-money man, just and ungenerous.

From Project Gutenberg