uncharitable
uncharitable
Definition
un·chari·table (-c̸har′i tə bəl)
adjective
harsh or severe, as in judging or dealing with others; unforgiving, ungenerous, or censorious
un·char′i·table·ness noun
un·char′i·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.
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