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Recent Examples of mean-spiritedness
Every day this White House offers up a fresh batch of lawlessness and recklessness and mean-spiritedness and just plain craziness.
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Halle Troadec, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
There’s a weird mean-spiritedness amongst young male losers that is harming them.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
There was a mean-spiritedness that the white COs up in the mountains had for us that the Black and brown ones who guarded us in Sing Sing did not.
—John J. Lennon
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Halle Troadec, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
There’s a weird mean-spiritedness amongst young male losers that is harming them.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
There was a mean-spiritedness that the white COs up in the mountains had for us that the Black and brown ones who guarded us in Sing Sing did not.
—John J. Lennon
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mean-spiritedness
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President Biden never came, becoming the first to not do so since diplomatic ties were normalized, an absence that underscored simmering distrust and animosity between Washington and Beijing that has only worsened since.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Alonso was a key Liverpool player under Benitez from 2004 to 2009, one of his main lieutenants out on the pitch, before leaving for Real Madrid, but was actually never the target for any animosity from the Chelsea crowd.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The collective community is more important than the individual, and care trumps meanness.—
Sarah Wang,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Trump’s petulance, meanness, and willingness to punish a religious institution for its Church’s moral witness is a warning to every faith community in America.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The antagonism of the current administration has also contributed.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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Israel prepared for 'boos' Eurovision has long strived to prioritize artistry over political antagonism.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The onset of hostilities was enough to persuade around a hundred and eighty Democrats to support the measure.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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As swirling rumors and escalating fears mount of imminent US-Israeli strikes, there is a growing sense of inevitability among many Iranians about the resumption of hostilities.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
Noun
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In June 2024, Bryant was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping and misdemeanor false report of a crime.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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Actual malice is the legal standard by which courts determine if someone is liable for libel.—
Keely Bastow,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Where was the anger or rage or spite, aside from in fleeting, inconsequential moments?—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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This is what Neander has been doing ever since ascending to the Rays’ GM job at 32 in 2016, constantly fielding competitive teams in spite of one of the lowest payrolls in baseball every year.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
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And at the heart of the rancor between the sides was, well, money.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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The national tone is one of division and rancor.—
Kevin Fixler
May 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 May 2026
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Majid Saeedi / Getty Images Baghaei, Iran’s Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman, said Monday that Tehran had no enmity against any countries in the region, including the UAE.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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The narrative advances with the tension of the men’s relationship, with special attention paid to how Salieri’s aggression against Mozart was another avenue for his enmity against God.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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“Mean-spiritedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mean-spiritedness. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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