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unkind

[ uhn-kahynd ]

/ ʌnˈkaɪnd /

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adjective, un·kind·er, un·kind·est.

lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.

Origin of unkind

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at un-¹, kind¹

OTHER WORDS FROM unkind

un·kind·ness, noun

Words nearby unkind

unjustified, unkelos, unkempt, unkenned, unkennel, unkind, unkindest cut, unkindly, unknightly, unknit, unknot

Example sentences from the Web for unkindness

Nothing unkind was intended, but unkindness is often done without that.

Dariel |R. D. Blackmore
Perhaps you say, "Why does her husband not protect his wife from unkindness, does he not care for her?"

Our Moslem Sisters |Annie Van Sommer
Only then I wouldn't have gone to it at all, for my spirit shudders away from places where there has been unkindness.

In the Mountains |Elizabeth von Arnim
There was no prejudice against our Alice in her mind; no unkindness to either of you.

Cobwebs and Cables |Hesba Stretton

Mr. Wakefield complained bitterly of the unkindness and inhospitality of the Liverpool clergy.

Recollections of Old Liverpool |A Nonagenarian

British Dictionary definitions for unkindness

unkind

/ (ʌnˈkaɪnd) /

adjective

lacking kindness; unsympathetic or cruel

archaic, or dialect

(of weather) unpleasant
(of soil) hard to cultivate

Derived forms of unkind

unkindly, adverb unkindness, noun