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ungenerous Definition

un·gen·er·ous (un jenər əs)

adjective

  1. not generous; stingy; mean
  2. not liberal or charitable; harsh an ungenerous remark

  • ungentlemanly
  • ungenuine
  • ungifted
ungenerous Related Forms
un·gen·er·ously adverb
ungenerous Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Female respondents were on the whole not ungenerous in their estimations of Australianness as broadcast on the ABC.
  • so: Over this Munis was not so much bitter as sad - sad that comrades in the movement should have been so ungenerous.
  • little: What I always want is for them to say the marks are broadly accurate, if a little ungenerous.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: We were in truth becoming very bored which seemed most ungenerous as Mamallapuram was a reasonable place to be.

Modifies a noun

  • participant: Despite being the most guilty and ungenerous participants involved, they are still allowed to define the rules of the game.
  • response: These proposals will strike most people as a gratuitously ungenerous response by the state to those who have been locked up unjustly.

Browse dictionary entries near ungenerous

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