unkind

[ uhn-kahynd ]

/ ʌnˈkaɪnd /

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adjective, un·kind·er, un·kind·est.

lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.

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Origin of unkind

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at un-¹, kind¹

OTHER WORDS FROM unkind

un·kind·ness, noun

Words nearby unkind

unjustified, Unkelos, unkempt, unkenned, unkennel, unkind, unkindest cut, unkindly, unknightly, unknit, unknot

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Example sentences from the Web for unkind

With your unkind and unjust words, you continue to cause harm to LGBT people in your religious communities.
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“She was very kind and I never heard her say an unkind word about anyone,” Emma Soames says.
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The first time round, in 2011, the critics, while not unkind, were not laudatory.
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Nor would Hitchens have made this statement: “Religion forces nice people to do unkind things.”
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Consider those surrounded by vacated cubicles, absorbing the work of those who were let go, anticipating their own unkind fate.
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I wanted to advise, to counsel you, to prevent misconstruction and unkind remark.
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She had been, he thought, unkind to him, or at any rate indifferent.
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We in India are currently supposed to be unkind to our servants.
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Has Miss Innocence been unkind to you, that you look so dull?
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I think I might at least learn to be really like you, and if I must feel miserable, not to be unkind and sulky!
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British Dictionary definitions for unkind

unkind

/ (ʌnˈkaɪnd) /

adjective

lacking kindness; unsympathetic or cruel

archaic, or dialect

(of weather) unpleasant
(of soil) hard to cultivate

Derived forms of unkind

unkindly, adverbunkindness, noun

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