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[ uhn-kahynd ] / ʌnˈkaɪnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unkind ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, un·kind·er, un·kind·est.lacking in kindness or mercy; severe. Origin of unkindMiddle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at un-1, kind1 OTHER WORDS FROM unkindun·kind·ness, nounWords nearby unkindunjustified, Unkelos, unkempt, unkenned, unkennel, unkind, unkindest cut, unkindly, unknightly, unknit, unknot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unkindQuestioning a certain point of view—even in a way that seems critical or unkind—can sometimes be necessary. A new social-media platform wants to enforce “kindness.” Can that ever work?|Tanya Basu|October 7, 2020|MIT Technology Review With your unkind and unjust words, you continue to cause harm to LGBT people in your religious communities. Do LGBTs Owe Christians an Olive Branch? Try The Other Way Around|Jay Michaelson|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST “She was very kind and I never heard her say an unkind word about anyone,” Emma Soames says. Churchill’s Secret Treasures for Sale: A British PM’s Life on the Auction Block|Tom Teodorczuk|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The first time round, in 2011, the critics, while not unkind, were not laudatory. How Can Katie Holmes Escape Tom Cruise—and ‘Dawson’s Creek’?|Tim Teeman|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nor would Hitchens have made this statement: “Religion forces nice people to do unkind things.” Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence|Patricia Pearson|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Consider those surrounded by vacated cubicles, absorbing the work of those who were let go, anticipating their own unkind fate. The Unemployed Finally Speak Out: D.W. Gibson’s ‘Not Working’|D.W. Gibson|June 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST I wanted to advise, to counsel you, to prevent misconstruction and unkind remark. Ernest Linwood|Caroline Lee Hentz She had been, he thought, unkind to him, or at any rate indifferent. The Duke's Children|Anthony Trollope We in India are currently supposed to be unkind to our servants. From Sea to Sea|Rudyard Kipling Has Miss Innocence been unkind to you, that you look so dull? A Fair Mystery|Bertha M. Clay I think I might at least learn to be really like you, and if I must feel miserable, not to be unkind and sulky! The Young Step-Mother|Charlotte M. Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for unkind
adjectivelacking kindness; unsympathetic or cruel archaic, or dialect - (of weather) unpleasant
- (of soil) hard to cultivate
Derived forms of unkindunkindly, adverbunkindness, nounCollins 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 unkindinsensitive, harsh, malicious, spiteful, unfriendly, cruel, hateful, nasty, uncaring, barbarous, brutal, cold-blooded, heartless, inconsiderate, inhuman, malevolent, malignant, mean, sadistic, savage |