Meaning

3 senses
  1. Lacking kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or similar; cruel, harsh or unjust; ungrateful.

    lacking kindness

  2. (obsolete)Not kind; contrary to nature or type; unnatural.

  3. (obsolete)Having no race or kindred; childless.

Examples

52 sentences
  1. Tom was unkind to Mary.

    Том був недобрим до Мері.

    ruТом был недобр к Мэри.

    deTom war unfreundlich zu Maria.

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  2. Tom is unkind.

    Том недобрий.

    deTom ist unfreundlich.

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  3. Don't be unkind to your friends.

    deSei nicht unfreundlich zu deinen Freunden.

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  4. Do you think Tom is unkind?

    ruДумаешь, Том злой?

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  5. Tom was never unkind to me.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English unkynde; equivalent to un- + kind.

Inherited from Middle English unkynde; equivalent to un- + kind.

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Forms

unkinder/more unkind, unkindest/most unkind
Comparativeunkinder / more unkind Lesson
Superlativeunkindest / most unkind Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • deficient in humane and kindly feelings:pitiless

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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