ungenerous

adjective

un·​gen·​er·​ous
ˌən-ˈjen-rəs,
-ˈje-nə- How to pronounce ungenerous (audio)
: not generous:
a
: petty, mean
ungenerous criticisms
b
: deficient in liberality : stingy
an ungenerous offer
ungenerously adverb

Examples of ungenerous in a Sentence

it is ungenerous for someone of his ample means not to provide more for the care of his aging parents
Recent Examples on the Web While the initial batch of second-quarter earnings reports has been met by generally ungenerous market responses, the numbers themselves are solid. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 July 2024 This very ungenerous person was complaining about the unkempt state of their neighbor’s home and yard. Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2024 If my understanding of Shortz’s motives for hiring me was a paranoid misread—ungenerous to both of us—my premonitions about the demographics and ethos of puzzle-making were eventually confirmed. Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024 The image of Chaplin the man had become virtually the inverse of the Tramp’s: oversexed, ungenerous, anti-American. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for ungenerous 

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Word History

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ungenerous was in 1641

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Cite this Entry

“Ungenerous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ungenerous. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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