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[ uhn-jen-er-uhs ] / ʌnˈdʒɛn ər əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ungenerous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivestingy; miserly: an ungenerous portion; an ungenerous employer. uncharitable; petty: an ungenerous critic; an ungenerous impulse. Origin of ungenerousFirst recorded in 1635–45; un-1 + generous OTHER WORDS FROM ungenerousun·gen·er·os·i·ty [uhn-jen-uh-ros-i-tee], /ˌʌn dʒɛn əˈrɒs ɪ ti/, nounun·gen·er·ous·ly, adverbWords nearby ungenerousungainly, Ungaretti, Ungava, Ungava Bay, Ungava Peninsula, ungenerous, ungird, ungirt, unglamorous, unglue, unglued Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ungenerousI 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 Do not shrink, and suspect, and hang back from what it may involve, with selfish and unconfiding and ungenerous half-heartedness. Kept for the Master's Use|Frances Ridley Havergal Therefore her uncle's promise had made her very happy, and she forgave the ungenerous allusion to the two beggars. Ayala's Angel|Anthony Trollope It is ungenerous of you to taunt me with that now, just because I will not gratify your curiosity. The Marriage of Esther|Guy Boothby "I don't mean to be ungenerous or yet ungrateful," replied Garth a bit stiffly, flushing under the girl's reproachful eyes. The Short Cut|Jackson Gregory But when she was so ungenerous as to call me "a pretty boy," the fire returned to my heart, and I too drew myself up proudly. The Rose of Old St. Louis|Mary Dillon
British Dictionary definitions for ungenerous/ (ʌnˈdʒɛnərəs, -ˈdʒɛnrəs) /
adjectivenot willing and liberal in giving away one's money, time, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ungenerousstingy, close, harsh, illiberal, mean, miserly, narrow, petty, selfish, shabby, small, sordid, uncharitable, grudging |