ungenerous

[US]/ʌn'dʒen(ə)rəs/
[UK]/ʌn'dʒɛnərəs/
Häufigkeit: Sehr Hoch

Übersetzung

adj. mangelnd an Großzügigkeit oder nicht großzügig

Beispielsätze

to be ungenerous with compliments

keine Komplimente auszusprechen, um nicht unaufrichtig zu wirken

to show ungenerous behavior

ungenössliches Verhalten zu zeigen

to be ungenerous in sharing

nicht teilen zu wollen

an ungenerous portion of food

eine kleine Portion Essen

to receive ungenerous treatment

ungenösslich behandelt zu werden

an ungenerous attitude towards others

eine unaufrichtige Haltung gegenüber anderen

to make ungenerous assumptions

ungenössige Annahmen zu treffen

Beispiele aus der Praxis

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

Quelle: 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.

Quelle: 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.

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

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

Quelle: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

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

Quelle: Essays on the Four Seasons

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

Quelle: Northanger Abbey (original version)

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

Quelle: The Gadfly (Original Version)

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

Quelle: Pride and Prejudice

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

Quelle: 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.

Quelle: Financial Times Podcast

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