ungenerous
adjective
, -ˈje-nə-\
Definition of ungenerous
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Synonyms & Antonyms for ungenerous
Synonyms
cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable
Antonyms
bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting
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Of those two competing representations, which one shows the real United Kingdom–the intelligent, forward-looking, inclusive one articulated in that Olympic ceremony, or the insular, ungenerous one expressed on that poster? — Jonathan Coe, Time, "How Brexit Broke Britain and Revealed a Country at War With Itself," 6 June 2019 But this may be an ungenerous assumption about human nature, according to an expansive new study that found people are more likely to try and return lost wallets with money than those without. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "People Are Surprisingly Honest About Returning Lost Wallets," 21 June 2019 Given the density of visual information, this seems an especially ungenerous assessment. — Andrew Martin, Harper's magazine, "Not Mere Projection," 10 Mar. 2019 In the consistently ungenerous swamps of social media, theories about the bowling-ball test centered on a vague idea that there had once been an ad that involved dropping a bowling ball on a car. — Philip Bump, Washington Post, "So, uh, what’s this bowling-ball test that Trump was talking about?," 15 Mar. 2018 The ’12s were far better, and the ’14s appear to be very tight, ungenerous. — Eric Asimov, New York Times, "Come for the Values, Stay (or Leave) for the Vintage," 1 Mar. 2018 Robinson would like us to reject the notion that Americans are naturally ungenerous capitalists. — Sarah Begley, Time, "Marilynne Robinson on What It Means to Be a Christian in Trump's America," 1 Mar. 2018 That word was once used to describe a private shortcoming such as a person who was narrow-minded or ungenerous. — Yoram Hazony, WSJ, "There’s No Such Thing as an ‘Illiberal’," 4 Aug. 2017 The remark isn’t funny and strikes an ungenerous note. — Barton Swaim, WSJ, "Memoirs of an ‘Obamabot’," 29 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ungenerous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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