UNCHARITABLE Synonyms: 199 Similar and Opposite Words

uncharitable

adjective

ˌən-ˈcha-rə-tə-bəl

Definition of uncharitable

as in selfish

giving or sharing as little as possible an uncharitable couple who wouldn't even donate food to needy families at Thanksgiving

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as in ruthless

having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings an uncharitable attitude towards people who give in to alcohol or other temptations

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Recent Examples of uncharitable His uncharitable behavior and boundless love of money wins no converts to the Christian faith. — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2026 Recall that Huffines unsuccessfully challenged Abbott in the 2022 GOP primary for governor and had some uncharitable things to say about him. — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 15 Feb. 2026 The only way to get to that conclusion, however, is to make a lot of uncharitable assumptions about Kimmel’s thinking. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025 An uncharitable strike zone led to a pair of walks, and Yoan Moncada punched a single to double the early advantage against him. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uncharitable

Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncharitable

Adjective

So unlike selfish actions, selfless acts of kindness have a real and lasting basis.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2026
No one, in my opinion, comes close to this selfish, foul-mouthed and stupid showman.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of selfish

Adjective

Joe has always been ruthless, but never quite as tunnel-visioned in her motivations.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026
Therefore, if Question 3 passes in this fall’s elections, Annapolis Democrats will forever be able to engage in ruthless gerrymandering to ensure that Maryland never elects another Republican or independent to Congress.

— Chris West, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruthless

Adjective

Cora, the granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery, flees her captor’s plantation, plunging her into the book’s alternate steampunk reality where she is pursued by the merciless slave catcher Ridgeway.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
But the movie very much belongs to Trinca and Bruni Tedeschi, just as Anna belongs to the merciless stranger.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of merciless

Adjective

Oscar Wilde, for example, reposes beneath a hulking deity whose iconoclastic castration, back in 1961, did little to restrain pilgrims seeking to smear red lips across his stony physique.

— Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
Instead of looking like a sleek urban loft, the room can quickly start to feel cold, stony, and impersonal.

— Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026

Definition of stony

Adjective

Of course, more collaboration means broader deal-making and, this being Canada, producers and potential international partners are warned not to greedy or short-sighted, but to think long term.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Anyone who stands in front of De Kooning’s urgent, sensuously greedy drawings, with their writhing contours, cacophonous colors, and perverse processes, can feel the force of that craving.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of greedy

Adjective

The pasta—a hair clump of noodles in a soupy, sweetish tomato sauce—came in one of those parsimonious bowls with a small hollow in the middle and a rim as broad as Saturn’s rings.

— Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
This one seemed slow and turgid, and the Australian attack was parsimonious, with only the sixth bowler used, Ash Gardner, going at more than 10 runs an over in her three overs.

— Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 July 2026