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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 unkind

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

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