ungenerous

ˌən-ˈjen-rəs

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ungenerous But neither can anyone seriously accuse the United States of being ungenerous with its citizens’ lives and treasure or of having no ideals. Joshua Landis, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2016 This is the problem with the show: These women are just concocting reasons why the people on the other side suck, and it’s become the most uncharitable, the most ungenerous thing on Bravo. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 July 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for ungenerous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungenerous
Adjective
  • Her larger-than-life ego and past as a shaman make Player 044 come off as arrogant and selfish, getting under just about everyone's skin.
    EW.com, EW.com, 4 July 2025
  • While the Great Lakes tunnel has been pitched as a safer option than leaving Line 5 alone without secondary containment, Gravelle said that's a narrow and selfish view.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • If allowed, Andrew will likely bring further reputational damage to the monarchy at a time when the royal ship needs a careful steer.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • In reality, Israel overpowered Iran’s military and outwitted its intelligence with stunning efficiency, demonstrating years, if not decades, of careful preparation in under two weeks.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Suggesting that a white male president of a certain age hears a piece of bad news and drops dead in the Oval seemed uncharitable.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 June 2025
  • Politics is a dirty game where partisans are incentivized to be as uncharitable about the other side as possible.
    Sal Rodriguez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • They weren’t built by the government, but rather by those evil greedy private corporations and individuals who are guilty of the heinous crime of providing millions of Americans with places to live.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 June 2025
  • The backdrop of the Marcos dictatorship shaped her artistic approach, defined by an interest in quotidian experience—including everyday injustices such as gender inequality and the ecological exploitation of the Philippines by greedy conglomerates.
    Hung Duong, Artforum, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • The miserly email account offerings are particularly limiting for larger ventures, and unusual for the category which typically offers unlimited email.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 16 June 2025
  • The Athletics, despite their miserly ways, have a strong foundation of young players — Silver Slugger Brent Rooker, Lawrence Butler, Jacob Wilson, JJ Bleday, Shea Langeliers, Zack Gelof, and this year’s #4 pick in the draft, Nick Kurtz.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Both parsimonious tenets are measurable, explainable and actionable.
    Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • This parsimonious approach protects you from overdoing it when a less resource-intensive and even faster way to get the data would have been enough.
    Julius Černiauskas, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • Those who are approved must cope with notoriously unreliable in-home nursing, a byproduct of the state’s penurious reimbursement rates.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Those who are approved must cope with notoriously unreliable in-home nursing, a byproduct of the state’s penurious reimbursement rates.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • However, the Switch 2 upgrade path has proven to be quite stingy.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 6 July 2025
  • His plan has been driven by the Office of Management and Budget, which has become extremely stingy with new regulations, according to Crews, the Fred L. Smith fellow in regulatory studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and our go-to for accurate counts on new regulations.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 2 July 2025

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“Ungenerous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungenerous. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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