单词	ungenerous
释义	ungenerous adjective un·​gen·​er·​ous ˌən-ˈjen-rəs, -ˈje-nə-  : not generous: a : petty, mean ungenerous criticisms b : deficient in liberality : stingy an ungenerous offer ungenerously adverb Synonyms cheap chintzy close closefisted mean mingy miserly niggard niggardly parsimonious penny-pinching penurious pinching pinchpenny spare sparing stingy stinting tight tightfisted uncharitable See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences it is ungenerous for someone of his ample means not to provide more for the care of his aging parents Recent Examples on the Web Some of the world's poorest people without enough food are in northern Kenya, where animal carcasses are slowly stripped to the bone beneath an ungenerous sky. Cara Anna, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022 In that context, judging Fire Island too harshly as a film feels a little ungenerous: Director Andrew Ahn (who helmed the microbudget coming-out story Spa Night and the lovely, low-key indie Driveways) aims mostly for function and fizz here. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 31 May 2022 And yet, Genshin Impact’s social team keeps running out-of-game promotions that are simply ludicrous in terms of the scale of prizes, and the game keeps exhausting players by appearing decidedly ungenerous. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021 My mother was raised in an ungenerous home, and from her youngest years was looking for any safe space available to her. New York Times, 29 Dec. 2021 Now, its reporting faults News Showcase as unfair and ungenerous. Zenger News, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021 The breathtaking high point of The Green Knight is a montage in which decades fly by, and Gawain ages into a stern and ungenerous leader of men and an indifferent user of women. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 July 2021 This might sound obvious, but its logic lately has played out for me during quarantine, when anxious projections and ungenerous readings haunted too many interactions. Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 11 June 2021 The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, through which the U.S. government supports arts and culture, have pitifully ungenerous budgets and had become dishearteningly large political footballs. Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1641, in the meaning defined above ungenerous adjective as in selfish giving or sharing as little as possible it is ungenerous for someone of his ample means not to provide more for the care of his aging parents Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance selfish careful uncharitable greedy miserly parsimonious penurious tightfisted stingy mingy cheap tight close chintzy niggard pinching mean desirous niggardly stinting pinchpenny economical sparing closefisted penny-pinching small spare avaricious covetous conserving mercenary chary hoggish economizing thrifty frugal acquisitive grudging resentful saving sordid envious shabby coveting begrudging skimping rapacious inhospitable grasping itchy avid scrimping Antonyms & Near Antonyms generous charitable munificent liberal openhanded unsparing unselfish bounteous extravagant altruistic bountiful overgenerous selfless unstinting lavish handsome benevolent free magnanimous hospitable beneficent profuse philanthropic philanthropical freehanded humanitarian compassionate kindly wasteful unthrifty openhearted greathearted profligate prodigal spendthrift thriftless wasting good-hearted squandering dissipating frittering splurging See More
随便看	take the trouble take the veil take the view take the wheel take the wind out of someone's sails take the words right out of someone's mouth take themselves too seriously take things day by day take things one day at a time take through take time take time out take to take to court take to drink take to heart take to one's bed take to one's heels take to pieces take to something like a duck takes to water take to something like a duck to water take to task take to the cleaners take to the skies take to the sky

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