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Unkind
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] "Such unkind abominations." Chaucer.
2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful. He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth. Sir T. Elyot. -- Un*kind"ly, adv. -- Un*kind"ness, n.