unkindness

[US]/ʌn'kaindnis/
[UK]/ʌnˈkaɪndnɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. lack of kindness; lack of politeness; unkind behavior.

Example Sentences

Unkindness is foreign to his nature.

Unkindness often reacts on the unkind person.

It made him wish to make amends for his former unkindness to the boy.

The unkindness of his words left her feeling hurt.

She was shocked by the unkindness of her coworkers.

Ignoring someone is a form of unkindness.

The unkindness of strangers can sometimes be surprising.

He couldn't understand the unkindness of his own actions.

The unkindness of the teacher made the students feel uncomfortable.

She was taken aback by the unkindness of the customer service representative.

It's important to address unkindness in the workplace.

The unkindness of the online comments was disheartening.

Responding to unkindness with kindness can be challenging.

Real-world Examples

Perhaps unkindness made them so; Oh, win them back again.

Source: American Original Language Arts Third Volume

Because you made his life a misery with your unkindness and your cold and vicious heart.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 4

And she beshrewed herself for so unkindly judging of his unkindness.

Source: Shakespeare's Story Collection

" It'd be doin' 'em an unkindness, Hermione, " he said gravely, threading a massive bone needle with thick yellow yarn.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Month has followed upon month with little unkindness of the sky; I scarcely marked when July passed into August, August into September.

Source: Essays on the Four Seasons

The winds were high, and the rain and storm increased, when the old man sallied forth to combat with the elements, less sharp than his daughters' unkindness.

Source: Shakespeare's Story Collection

The unkindness seemed unpardonable to her: she was not given to weeping and disliked it, but now her chin and lips began to tremble and the tears welled up.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Four)

So yes, while he treated me fairly well-- when he wasn't pressuring me to try drugs or have more alcohol, that is-- I started to see his unkindness as a genuine turnoff.

Source: Workplace Self-Improvement Guide

She wished, by a gentle remonstrance, to remind Isabella of her situation, and make her aware of this double unkindness; but for remonstrance, either opportunity or comprehension was always against her.

Source: Northanger Abbey (original version)

As often as I was restless in the night, and that was every quarter of an hour, I reflected what an unkindness, what an injury, what an injustice, Biddy had done me.

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

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