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unkind - 5 dictionary results

un⋅kind

[uhn-kahynd]
–adjective, -er, -est.
lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.

Origin:
1200–50; ME; see un- 1 , kind 1


un⋅kind⋅ness, noun
un·kind   (ŭn-kīnd')   
adj.   un·kind·er, un·kind·est
  1. Lacking kindness; inconsiderate or unsympathetic.
  2. Harsh; severe: unkind winters.
un·kind'ness n.

Unkind

Un*kind"\, a. [See Kin kindred.] Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.

Unkind

Un*kind"\, a. 1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] "Such unkind abominations." --Chaucer.

2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.

He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth. --Sir T. Elyot. -- Un*kind"ly, adv. -- Un*kind"ness, n.
Language Translation for : unkind
Spanish: cruel, duro,
German: unfreundlich,
Japanese: 不親切な

unkind 
c.1225 (implied in unkindly), "strange, foreign, unnatural," from un- (1) "not" + kind. Meaning "lacking in kindness" is recorded from 1362.
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