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uncharitable Definition

un·chari·table (-c̸hari tə bəl)

adjective

harsh or severe, as in judging or dealing with others; unforgiving, ungenerous, or censorious

uncharitable Related Forms
un·chari·table·ness noun un·chari·tably adverb
uncharitable Synonyms

uncharitable

modif.

uncharitable Usage Examples

Infinitive complement

  • suggest: Very smart of you to notice it, but rather uncharitable to suggest that it was cause and effect.
  • do: Nor I would not send them to hell, for I should not be uncharitable enough to do that.

Modifies a noun

  • thought: There's always someone worse off than you they say which I think is a pretty uncharitable thought.
  • behavior: Ann was equally tolerant when playing bridge, tho she could be scathing of pompousness or uncharitable behavior.
  • nature: Perhaps the uncharitable nature with which Cradle are often received, is simply our most instinctive way to relate.
  • attitude: Noote berates them for their uncharitable attitude and, when the Dean arrives, he demands that they thank him properly for the party.
  • construction: There are dozens of ambiguous statements in Wrightâs works that are quite susceptible to uncharitable constructions.
  • view: Society tends to take an uncharitable view of these vulnerable youngsters.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: If she's too clever for her husband... ELIZABETH: Oh come, Aunt Jane - don't be so uncharitable!
  • little: However, while this may have been grounds for condemning the show in the 70's it feels a little uncharitable to do so now.
  • rather: Rather uncharitable: he's just a crap comic, not a criminal.
  • very: I thought him very uncharitable, saying in my heart, " What, are not my endeavors a sufficient ground of hope?
  • highly: Take another case: the complicated question of charity, which some highly uncharitable idealists seem to think quite easy.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Having taken patients part-way through the investigative process, it would seem uncharitable suddenly to wash our hands of the situation.