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Recent Examples of unkindly
Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Mischa was one of the young women stalked by photographers and treated unkindly by online bloggers.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
So, any threats to Levesque’s new creative control would also likely be looked upon unkindly by talent.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2023
David Brace says he’s seen more travelers treat each other unkindly in recent months, including confrontations over masks and personal space.
—Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2021
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This move wouldn't be looked at unkindly by new Brazil national team manager Dorival Jr., who is currently in Europe to keep tabs on players such as Vinicius Jr., Rodrygo, Vitor Roque and Raphinha.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Mischa was one of the young women stalked by photographers and treated unkindly by online bloggers.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
So, any threats to Levesque’s new creative control would also likely be looked upon unkindly by talent.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2023
David Brace says he’s seen more travelers treat each other unkindly in recent months, including confrontations over masks and personal space.
—Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unkindly
Adjective
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The Lions won three NFL championships in the 1950s, but the Super Bowl era has been unkind to the Detroit franchise: Two NFC Championship Game appearances in 59 years is as close as the Lions have come to the ultimate game.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
11 Oct. 2025
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The month of September has been completely unkind to the Detroit Tigers.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Court filings from the former players allege how Lorch methodically groomed and abused children from some of the nation’s poorest communities, cunningly and cruelly preying on their desperation and love of the city game, on an almost industrial scale.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Maybe this time their rewards can be one of the top three picks in the draft, after the 2025 lottery cruelly landed in favor of much stronger West teams (Dallas, San Antonio) with the top two picks.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The band was concerned about their record label’s reaction, but despite the movie’s scene with a Myers cameo as a contemptuous exec, Reid insists there was no confrontation.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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There are some good, compassionate officers out there, but the general attitude has become cold, cruel and contemptuous toward homeless individuals.—
Bruce Higgins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s reaction to Modi’s trip to Tianjin has been scornful, claiming that India is offering to drop all tariffs on American goods.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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Trump, too, is scornful of what European diplomacy could achieve, declaring recently that Iran doesn’t want to talk to Europe.—
Garret Martin,
The Conversation,
15 July 2025
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And there would be lots of soldiers around, either Army or National Guard, and the people who were civilians would be young people, very disparaging about the military.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The 2023 Economic Report Of The President published in March of 2023 was relatively disparaging of cryptoassets and DLTs.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the Young Republican National Federation called for the immediate resignations of leaders in the organization exposed in a Politico story to have sent racist, antisemitic and other derogatory text messages to one another in a private chat.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Kansas Young Republicans organization was deactivated on Tuesday following an investigation by Politico into a trove of racist and derogatory messages exchanged in a group chat between young GOP members in four states.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Make decision-making ruthlessly efficient.—
Erik Huberman,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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Few filmmakers have mined their own life as ruthlessly, or as artfully, as Noah Baumbach.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Talking about the huddle, one of his teammates just walked off the field inexplicably (Governor Kugler) taking early retirement and two others (Waller and Bowman) are openly disdainful of his play calling.—
Bob Haber,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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For decades, the Academy seemed to keep Cruise at a vaguely disdainful distance, dismissing him as more of an action figure than a serious ack-TOOR.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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“Unkindly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unkindly. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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