ungenerous

[ uhn-jen-er-uhs ]

/ ʌnˈdʒɛn ər əs /

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adjective

stingy; miserly: an ungenerous portion; an ungenerous employer.

uncharitable; petty: an ungenerous critic; an ungenerous impulse.

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Origin of ungenerous

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

OTHER WORDS FROM ungenerous

un·gen·er·os·i·ty

[uhn-jen-uh-ros-i-tee], /ˌʌn dʒɛn əˈrɒs ɪ ti/, nounun·gen·er·ous·ly, adverb

Words nearby ungenerous

ungainly, Ungaretti, Ungava, Ungava Bay, Ungava Peninsula, ungenerous, ungird, ungirt, unglamorous, unglue, unglued

How to use ungenerous in a sentence

That’s an ungenerous assessment of America’s response to surges in migrants seeking the promise that, in other contexts, the United States celebrates.
Don’t ignore the normalization of Tucker Carlson’s poisonous rhetoric on race|Philip Bump|September 23, 2021|Washington Post
I am referring here to establishment Republicans, which for 150 years have consistently been the party of the rich and ungenerous.
Dear Evangelicals: You’re Being Had|Jay Michaelson|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dickens showed the land to be “a troubled republic: ambitious, cruel, ungenerous, brutal, and divided.”
This Week’s Hot Reads, Oct. 1, 2012|Jimmy So|October 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It's an ungenerous view, and one that Under the Sun goes a long way to undermine.
The Enigmatic Nomad|Kirk Davis Swinehart|February 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST

To be wealthy, married, unfaithful, and ungenerous is to insult a woman's basic intelligence, as well as her pride.
How Not to Manage a Harem|Tracy Quan|December 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Some of my relatives felt I was ungenerous, and some simply wondered, Whose side are you on?
The Last of the Wasps|Tad Friend|September 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
In an instant he was beside her; for though he had been irritable and ungenerous, he had at bottom a kind heart.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Excusably enough in so young a man, he allowed himself to be swayed by personal feeling, and his feeling was ungenerous.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
Twists and curves were no longer permitted: everything had to be straightforward, logical, ungenerous, inexorable.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther
I am not preaching suspicion, or reserve, or anything ungenerous, but justice and truth.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians|James Denney
He had been rather a hard taskmaster, though as a paymaster trustworthy; a ready-money man, just and ungenerous.
The Well-Beloved|Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for ungenerous

ungenerous

/ (ʌnˈdʒɛnərəs, -ˈdʒɛnrəs) /

adjective

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

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ungenerous

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