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mean-spirited
Mean spirited describes someone or something that is unkind, motivated by cruelty or intended to be hurtful. (adjective)
- An example of a mean spirited person is someone who loves to see others fail.
- An example of a mean spirited action is pulling someone's chair out right before they sit down so that they are humiliated when they fall on the floor.
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See mean-spirited in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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