Adjective

(en-adj)

(obsolete) Having no race or kindred; childless.

(Shakespeare)

Not kind; contrary to nature or type; unnatural.

Lacking kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or similar; cruel, harsh or unjust; ungrateful.

* 1950 July 3, Politicians Without Politics'', '' , page 16,

Despite the bursitis, Dewey got in a good round of golf, though his cautious game inspired a reporter to make one of the week?s unkindest remarks: “He plays golf like he plays politics — straight down the middle, and short.”

* 1974 , Laurence William Wylie, Village in the Vaucluse , 3rd Edition, page 175,

We had to learn that to refuse such gifts, which represented serious sacrifice, was more unkind than to accept them.

* 2000 , Edward W. Said, On Lost Causes'', in ''Reflections on Exile and Other Essays , page 540,

In the strictness with which he holds this view he belongs in the company of the novelists I have cited, except that he is unkinder and less charitable than they are.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not affectionate; dispassionate.

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