unkind
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈkaɪnd/
:
desconsiderado
- For all that, he'd never been unkind to Faith, the way some of the people in town had.
- unkind words
- unkind things
When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
- When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
- That doesn't make you an unkind, uncaring, unloving human being.
- I can't serve the unkind and the cruel.
- That they are just brutally honest as an excuse for their unkind and dehumanizing words.
- But when you become abusive and nasty and unkind and personal, that's unacceptable.
- You have some unkind words for baby boomers in your book as well.
- And a lot of times I think two people, people are so unkind to themselves.
- And I know that true love is not unkind.
- And it can be misinterpreted as being unkind.
- They can say unkind things about important people in your life.
- Basically having this sort of hysterical response to small sort of unkind incidents against them.
- Seeing something clearly doesn't make you unkind.
- I just don't understand the scenario that lends itself for you being unkind to someone.
- So to answer that question, I can be very kind and at times unkind to the people I love the most.
- And when we set a boundary, we think we're going to be perceived as unkind.
- I've been unkind, at times, even cruel.
Examples
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I've been unkind, at times, even cruel.
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I mean, if I had ever said so much as even one unkind word...
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And a lot of times I think two people, people are so unkind to themselves.
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I mean, we are all going to be unkind multiple times in our lives in a day.
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So to answer that question, I can be very kind and at times unkind to the people I love the most.
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Her father said something unkind about it, but she took no notice.
Fiction book (1996) -
But perhaps I'm being unkind.
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Why do you allow Kigira to say such unkind things about you?
Fiction book (1991) -
Phil McCrea had been a man of few words, but not unkind and not without humor.
Fiction book (1994) -
unkind to make fun of people who struggle with their appearance.
Synonyms
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Unkind and cruel toward other people
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Not kind or warm to other people
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4.2
Not showing concern for other people's feelings or needs
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4.9
Not feeling sorry for someone or caring about their problems
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Not kind or generous and quick to judge others harshly
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Rude and not polite or kind
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8.1
Not kind or fair in how someone treats others
Not showing kindness to other people
Unkind and petty in a way that hurts other people
Being easily annoyed and often unkind to others
Antonyms
How Kind
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unkind is made of the parts un- meaning 'not' and kind meaning 'nice' or 'generous', so it means 'not kind'. Think of un- as a switch that turns the 'kind' part off, which is why unkind describes someone who does not show kindness or care.