ungenerous
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adjective \ˌən-ˈjen-rəs, -ˈje-nə-\Definition of UNGENEROUS
: not generous: a : petty, mean <ungenerous criticisms> b : deficient in liberality : stingy <an ungenerous offer>
— un·gen·er·ous·ly adverb
Examples of UNGENEROUS
- <it is ungenerous for someone of his ample means not to provide more for the care of his aging parents>
First Known Use of UNGENEROUS
1641
Related to UNGENEROUS
- Synonyms
- cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, stingy
- Antonyms
- bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting
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