ungenerous

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Oversættelse

adj. manglende generøsitet eller ikke generøs

Eksempelsætninger

to be ungenerous with compliments

at være ikke generøs med komplimenter

to show ungenerous behavior

at udvise ikke-generøs adfærd

to be ungenerous in sharing

at være ikke generøs i delingen

an ungenerous portion of food

en ikke-generøs portion mad

to receive ungenerous treatment

at modtage ikke-generøs behandling

an ungenerous attitude towards others

en ikke-generøs holdning over for andre

to make ungenerous assumptions

at træffe ikke-generøse antagelser

Virkelige Eksempler

So, there you have it. But Mary will still have her settlement, which you won't find ungenerous.

Kilde: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 1

I'm not sure it would change my answer, but after such eloquence, to refuse your request would seem ungenerous.

Kilde: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 5

If they refuse a request, they immediately feel a wave of regret for having been so strict or ungenerous.

Kilde: New Horizons College English Reading and Writing Course (Second Edition)

It was merely—merely sharp, you know—ungenerous, I might say.

Kilde: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

On an ungenerous soil it is vain to look for rich crops.

Kilde: Essays on the Four Seasons

Isabella appeared to her ungenerous and selfish, regardless of everything but her own gratification.

Kilde: Northanger Abbey (original version)

A soul capable of sordid jealousies and suspicions; of selfish animosities and ungenerous hatred—and against a comrade!

Kilde: The Gadfly (Original Version)

I shall ask nothing of your father and shall, indeed, say nothing ungenerous on that subject when we are married.

Kilde: Pride and Prejudice

" No, don't be hurt, " she pleaded quite pathetically; " let only me be hurt, if I have been ungenerous" .

Kilde: Great Expectations (Original Version)

So those who say that the UK or this conservative government is in any way inhumane or ungenerous are just factually wrong.

Kilde: Financial Times Podcast

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