ˌən-ˈjen-rəs
as in selfish
giving or sharing as little as possible
it is ungenerous for someone of his ample means not to provide more for the care of his aging parents
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Recent Examples of ungenerous
There’s an ungenerous and shallow way to look at this film as little more than a highlight reel of Hammer’s work, a paltry substitute for actually spending meaningful time with the work itself.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
Stars and billionaires are calling out the super-rich for being ungenerous
As the world mints hundreds of thousands of millionaires yearly and billionaire wealth soars to record highs, some leaders can’t stand to stay quiet.
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
No one wants to disappoint their child or be seen as ungenerous.
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Mandy Len Catron,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
But those monologues are artistically dishonest and ungenerous.
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Mick Lasalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Oct. 2025
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
Stars and billionaires are calling out the super-rich for being ungenerous
As the world mints hundreds of thousands of millionaires yearly and billionaire wealth soars to record highs, some leaders can’t stand to stay quiet.
—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
No one wants to disappoint their child or be seen as ungenerous.
—
Mandy Len Catron,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
But those monologues are artistically dishonest and ungenerous.
—
Mick Lasalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ungenerous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungenerous
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Across 15 tracks, the rapper and producer get to work making their first proper body of work together as memorable as expected, delving into relationship mishaps, selfish tendencies, and the absurdist comedy that is real life.
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Politics, Lander said, didn’t have to be a selfish endeavor driven by ego.
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Just be careful not to add water, since even tiny amounts can cause melted chocolate to turn into a grainy, clumpy mess.
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Ultimately, the widespread adoption of AI for mental health constitutes a global experiment with both potential benefits and serious downsides that require careful management.
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Too many become uncharitable to the policies that helped them and the immigrants who followed.
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There is no need to be uncharitable.
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The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit.
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Next to him were Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, all left-leaning candidates running on a platform that includes abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and taking on bad landlords and greedy corporations.
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Koenig’s former Yankees teammates were contemptuous of that miserly decision.
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The film is set in Mumbai and built around a miserly protagonist whose circumstances spiral into escalating absurdity.
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This is the most parsimonious way to account for the unified nature of consciousness, according to subcorticalists.
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What fraction visible at basically every U.S. gas station originated as a parsimonious response to a 1932 one-penny gas tax?
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There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into the mists of pseudohistory.
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Then the usually penurious Indians suddenly splurged.
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Royce Lewis and Victor Caratini hit back-to-back homers, Zebby Matthews pitched seven stingy innings and the Minnesota Twins held off a late rally by the Houston Astros for a 5-4 victory Monday night.
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Argentina having one of the game’s greatest strikers ever, depth and a stingy defense is enough to make the squad a good bet to make another deep run.
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“Ungenerous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungenerous. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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