Definition of ungenerous in English:

ungenerous

adjectiveʌnˈdʒɛn(ə)rəsˌənˈdʒɛnərəs

Not generous; mean.
he was not an ungenerous man
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps most important, the new carriers were not burdened with staffing levels that make those that existed in some of Britain's nationalised industries seem ungenerous.
- But both of us know that he's just said something spectacularly ungenerous about the victims' families.
- The reasons for the government's ungenerous efforts are different.
- The check-out time of 11 am is a little ungenerous.
- And at 200 pages, this selection is a little on the ungenerous side.
- The authoritarians wanted harsh penalties and as ungenerous a benefit system as possible.
- The city is Dundee, called at one point ‘the armpit of northern Britain’, which anyone who knows Dundee will agree is a not ungenerous description.
- I feel I've been a little ungenerous to Johnson who bowled 20 overs for 55 and suffered badly from some over-imaginative field placings for which of course he himself may have asked.
- ‘I am amazed and deeply disappointed that the Barbican can be so ungenerous,’ Hall says.
- But Duffin strongly disputes this, saying that just because Scottish Life is for tax reasons barred from handing out large windfalls, it doesn't mean it is being ungenerous.
- He is unstinting but never ungenerous in his depiction of an Italy materially and emotionally ravaged by the second world war.
- One first year called the system ‘cheeky’ as nobody would want to openly declare themselves as ungenerous.
- It isn't that the US is ungenerous; it's just that it isn't sharing the insight other countries have, and it's very important that we try to get them there.
- An ungenerous thought about Mr Shapiro's siblings occurs to me.
- He is stiff, self-conscious, grudging, coy and ungenerous.
- They do not qualify for loans, but are paid a regular bursary that Mairi says is not ungenerous and has become even more valuable since she left college.
- It would be ungenerous to suggest the 42-year-old needed a hit film to restart a flagging career, but Carlyle has spent the past couple of years pursuing projects outside mainstream cinema.
- The dominant UK political discourse is both xenophobic and ungenerous.
- History's verdict is not clearcut but it has not been ungenerous.
- Rather ungenerous of him considering it's made him a wealthy man.
Synonyms
uncharitable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, mean, mean-spirited, cruel, vicious, spiteful, malicious, malevolent, harsh, callous, pitiless, ruthless, unsympathetic, unfeeling, compassionless, uncaring, snide, shabby, hurtful, wounding, upsetting, ill-natured, hard-hearted, heartless, cold-hearted, merciless, brutal, savage, inhuman

Derivatives

ungenerously

adverbʌnˈdʒən(ə)rəsliˌənˈdʒɛn(ə)rəsli

As long as partners interpret one another in strongly negative terms, thereby acting ungenerously, there is little hope for effective communication.
Example sentencesExamples
- The past moments were so overwhelming, I look at people through the glass walls of the South Bank and ungenerously, even stupidly, wonder: what are you doing there?
- Maybe it's because they're not landing on our shores and threatening our way of life - which is how many Europeans, ungenerously, tend to see things.
- I was told it was a tradition to share your first wages with other members of one's family - something I ungenerously chose to ignore!
- To frame the matter ungenerously but with real precision, the question came down to whether you fight back against the terrorists by striking back at the terrorists or at someone else.

ungenerousness

noun

Immediately after we were introduced I began screaming at her, scolding her for unprofessional behavior, indifference, ungenerousness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Based on this account, Waldman's jealousy and ungenerousness have apparently caused her to project her worst feelings and impulses onto her mother-in-law with little foundation.
- Maybe it is the ‘of course’ that really rankles here - in the way that it punctuates the ungenerousness in what Mr. Norman so confidently tosses off.
- He was masterful and imaginative, but his masterfulness tended to ungenerousness and his imagination to vagary and mischievous exaggeration.
- Thus it is that a great deal of ungenerousness enters into the arguments of the pious Christians when they pass their imperfect opinion.

Definition of ungenerous in US English:

ungenerous

adjectiveˌənˈjenərəsˌənˈdʒɛnərəs

Not generous; selfish.
Example sentencesExamples
- The city is Dundee, called at one point ‘the armpit of northern Britain’, which anyone who knows Dundee will agree is a not ungenerous description.
- But both of us know that he's just said something spectacularly ungenerous about the victims' families.
- He is unstinting but never ungenerous in his depiction of an Italy materially and emotionally ravaged by the second world war.
- The dominant UK political discourse is both xenophobic and ungenerous.
- The authoritarians wanted harsh penalties and as ungenerous a benefit system as possible.
- The reasons for the government's ungenerous efforts are different.
- Rather ungenerous of him considering it's made him a wealthy man.
- An ungenerous thought about Mr Shapiro's siblings occurs to me.
- The check-out time of 11 am is a little ungenerous.
- It isn't that the US is ungenerous; it's just that it isn't sharing the insight other countries have, and it's very important that we try to get them there.
- And at 200 pages, this selection is a little on the ungenerous side.
- History's verdict is not clearcut but it has not been ungenerous.
- He is stiff, self-conscious, grudging, coy and ungenerous.
- Perhaps most important, the new carriers were not burdened with staffing levels that make those that existed in some of Britain's nationalised industries seem ungenerous.
- ‘I am amazed and deeply disappointed that the Barbican can be so ungenerous,’ Hall says.
- But Duffin strongly disputes this, saying that just because Scottish Life is for tax reasons barred from handing out large windfalls, it doesn't mean it is being ungenerous.
- I feel I've been a little ungenerous to Johnson who bowled 20 overs for 55 and suffered badly from some over-imaginative field placings for which of course he himself may have asked.
- They do not qualify for loans, but are paid a regular bursary that Mairi says is not ungenerous and has become even more valuable since she left college.
- One first year called the system ‘cheeky’ as nobody would want to openly declare themselves as ungenerous.
- It would be ungenerous to suggest the 42-year-old needed a hit film to restart a flagging career, but Carlyle has spent the past couple of years pursuing projects outside mainstream cinema.
Synonyms
uncharitable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, mean, mean-spirited, cruel, vicious, spiteful, malicious, malevolent, harsh, callous, pitiless, ruthless, unsympathetic, unfeeling, compassionless, uncaring, snide, shabby, hurtful, wounding, upsetting, ill-natured, hard-hearted, heartless, cold-hearted, merciless, brutal, savage, inhuman

单词	ungenerous
释义	Definition of ungenerous in English: ungenerous adjectiveʌnˈdʒɛn(ə)rəsˌənˈdʒɛnərəs Not generous; mean. he was not an ungenerous man Example sentencesExamples Perhaps most important, the new carriers were not burdened with staffing levels that make those that existed in some of Britain's nationalised industries seem ungenerous. But both of us know that he's just said something spectacularly ungenerous about the victims' families. The reasons for the government's ungenerous efforts are different. The check-out time of 11 am is a little ungenerous. And at 200 pages, this selection is a little on the ungenerous side. The authoritarians wanted harsh penalties and as ungenerous a benefit system as possible. The city is Dundee, called at one point ‘the armpit of northern Britain’, which anyone who knows Dundee will agree is a not ungenerous description. I feel I've been a little ungenerous to Johnson who bowled 20 overs for 55 and suffered badly from some over-imaginative field placings for which of course he himself may have asked. ‘I am amazed and deeply disappointed that the Barbican can be so ungenerous,’ Hall says. But Duffin strongly disputes this, saying that just because Scottish Life is for tax reasons barred from handing out large windfalls, it doesn't mean it is being ungenerous. He is unstinting but never ungenerous in his depiction of an Italy materially and emotionally ravaged by the second world war. One first year called the system ‘cheeky’ as nobody would want to openly declare themselves as ungenerous. It isn't that the US is ungenerous; it's just that it isn't sharing the insight other countries have, and it's very important that we try to get them there. An ungenerous thought about Mr Shapiro's siblings occurs to me. He is stiff, self-conscious, grudging, coy and ungenerous. They do not qualify for loans, but are paid a regular bursary that Mairi says is not ungenerous and has become even more valuable since she left college. It would be ungenerous to suggest the 42-year-old needed a hit film to restart a flagging career, but Carlyle has spent the past couple of years pursuing projects outside mainstream cinema. The dominant UK political discourse is both xenophobic and ungenerous. History's verdict is not clearcut but it has not been ungenerous. Rather ungenerous of him considering it's made him a wealthy man. Synonyms uncharitable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, mean, mean-spirited, cruel, vicious, spiteful, malicious, malevolent, harsh, callous, pitiless, ruthless, unsympathetic, unfeeling, compassionless, uncaring, snide, shabby, hurtful, wounding, upsetting, ill-natured, hard-hearted, heartless, cold-hearted, merciless, brutal, savage, inhuman Derivatives ungenerously adverbʌnˈdʒən(ə)rəsliˌənˈdʒɛn(ə)rəsli As long as partners interpret one another in strongly negative terms, thereby acting ungenerously, there is little hope for effective communication. Example sentencesExamples The past moments were so overwhelming, I look at people through the glass walls of the South Bank and ungenerously, even stupidly, wonder: what are you doing there? Maybe it's because they're not landing on our shores and threatening our way of life - which is how many Europeans, ungenerously, tend to see things. I was told it was a tradition to share your first wages with other members of one's family - something I ungenerously chose to ignore! To frame the matter ungenerously but with real precision, the question came down to whether you fight back against the terrorists by striking back at the terrorists or at someone else. ungenerousness noun Immediately after we were introduced I began screaming at her, scolding her for unprofessional behavior, indifference, ungenerousness. Example sentencesExamples Based on this account, Waldman's jealousy and ungenerousness have apparently caused her to project her worst feelings and impulses onto her mother-in-law with little foundation. Maybe it is the ‘of course’ that really rankles here - in the way that it punctuates the ungenerousness in what Mr. Norman so confidently tosses off. He was masterful and imaginative, but his masterfulness tended to ungenerousness and his imagination to vagary and mischievous exaggeration. Thus it is that a great deal of ungenerousness enters into the arguments of the pious Christians when they pass their imperfect opinion. Definition of ungenerous in US English: ungenerous adjectiveˌənˈjenərəsˌənˈdʒɛnərəs Not generous; selfish. Example sentencesExamples The city is Dundee, called at one point ‘the armpit of northern Britain’, which anyone who knows Dundee will agree is a not ungenerous description. But both of us know that he's just said something spectacularly ungenerous about the victims' families. He is unstinting but never ungenerous in his depiction of an Italy materially and emotionally ravaged by the second world war. The dominant UK political discourse is both xenophobic and ungenerous. The authoritarians wanted harsh penalties and as ungenerous a benefit system as possible. The reasons for the government's ungenerous efforts are different. Rather ungenerous of him considering it's made him a wealthy man. An ungenerous thought about Mr Shapiro's siblings occurs to me. The check-out time of 11 am is a little ungenerous. It isn't that the US is ungenerous; it's just that it isn't sharing the insight other countries have, and it's very important that we try to get them there. And at 200 pages, this selection is a little on the ungenerous side. History's verdict is not clearcut but it has not been ungenerous. He is stiff, self-conscious, grudging, coy and ungenerous. Perhaps most important, the new carriers were not burdened with staffing levels that make those that existed in some of Britain's nationalised industries seem ungenerous. ‘I am amazed and deeply disappointed that the Barbican can be so ungenerous,’ Hall says. But Duffin strongly disputes this, saying that just because Scottish Life is for tax reasons barred from handing out large windfalls, it doesn't mean it is being ungenerous. I feel I've been a little ungenerous to Johnson who bowled 20 overs for 55 and suffered badly from some over-imaginative field placings for which of course he himself may have asked. They do not qualify for loans, but are paid a regular bursary that Mairi says is not ungenerous and has become even more valuable since she left college. One first year called the system ‘cheeky’ as nobody would want to openly declare themselves as ungenerous. It would be ungenerous to suggest the 42-year-old needed a hit film to restart a flagging career, but Carlyle has spent the past couple of years pursuing projects outside mainstream cinema. Synonyms uncharitable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, mean, mean-spirited, cruel, vicious, spiteful, malicious, malevolent, harsh, callous, pitiless, ruthless, unsympathetic, unfeeling, compassionless, uncaring, snide, shabby, hurtful, wounding, upsetting, ill-natured, hard-hearted, heartless, cold-hearted, merciless, brutal, savage, inhuman
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