ˌən-ˈjen-rəs
as in selfish
giving or sharing as little as possible
it is ungenerous for someone of his ample means not to provide more for the care of his aging parents
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Recent Examples of ungenerous
There’s an ungenerous and shallow way to look at this film as little more than a highlight reel of Hammer’s work, a paltry substitute for actually spending meaningful time with the work itself.
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Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
Stars and billionaires are calling out the super-rich for being ungenerous
As the world mints hundreds of thousands of millionaires yearly and billionaire wealth soars to record highs, some leaders can’t stand to stay quiet.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
No one wants to disappoint their child or be seen as ungenerous.
—Mandy Len Catron, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
But those monologues are artistically dishonest and ungenerous.
—Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2025
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Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
Stars and billionaires are calling out the super-rich for being ungenerous
As the world mints hundreds of thousands of millionaires yearly and billionaire wealth soars to record highs, some leaders can’t stand to stay quiet.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
No one wants to disappoint their child or be seen as ungenerous.
—Mandy Len Catron, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
But those monologues are artistically dishonest and ungenerous.
—Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungenerous
Adjective
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Both can be selfish, and both can be hard to see clearly on your own.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 June 2026
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Maeve could be selfish and self-deluding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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Be careful when riding back downtown on a bike, as the hill notoriously increases cycling speed.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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The Main Match Concealer is available in 22 shades, with careful consideration for South Asian undertones (which are often breezed by).—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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There is no need to be uncharitable.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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His uncharitable behavior and boundless love of money wins no converts to the Christian faith.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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At his sentencing in 2024, Bailyn, the prosecutor, described Lorquet as a greedy criminal who fleeced his country at one of its weakest moments in history.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
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The Democratic Party was being greedy.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Koenig’s former Yankees teammates were contemptuous of that miserly decision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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The film is set in Mumbai and built around a miserly protagonist whose circumstances spiral into escalating absurdity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This is the most parsimonious way to account for the unified nature of consciousness, according to subcorticalists.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
28 May 2026
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What fraction visible at basically every U.S. gas station originated as a parsimonious response to a 1932 one-penny gas tax?—
Drew Goins,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into the mists of pseudohistory.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Then the usually penurious Indians suddenly splurged.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Sparks end a three-game losing streak with an 89-72 win over expansion Portland, delivering their stingiest defensive performance of the season.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Give full answers, and don’t be stingy with detail.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
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“Ungenerous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungenerous. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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