ungenerous

[ uhn-jen-er-uh s ]

/ ʌnˈdʒɛn ər əs /

stingy; niggardly; miserly: an ungenerous portion; an ungenerous employer.

uncharitable; petty: an ungenerous critic; an ungenerous impulse.

Origin of ungenerous

First recorded in 1635–45; un-¹ + generous

un·gen·er·os·i·ty

[uhn-jen-uh-ros-i-tee] /ˌʌn dʒɛn əˈrɒs ɪ ti/, noun un·gen·er·ous·ly, adverb

I 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

ungenerous

/ (ʌnˈdʒɛnərəs, -ˈdʒɛnrəs) /

not willing and liberal in giving away one's money, time, etc