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
If my understanding of Shortz’s motives for hiring me was a paranoid misread—ungenerous to both of us—my premonitions about the demographics and ethos of puzzle-making were eventually confirmed.
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Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
The image of Chaplin the man had become virtually the inverse of the Tramp’s: oversexed, ungenerous, anti-American.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
Tobin Bell returns as the twisted craftsman Jigsaw, who takes on an ungenerous American medical industry by kidnapping doctors and placing them in death traps.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 30 Sep. 2023
That ungenerous attitude toward Susie’s world hijacks the mood as the film goes full-tilt media circus lampoon.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 July 2023
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Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
The image of Chaplin the man had become virtually the inverse of the Tramp’s: oversexed, ungenerous, anti-American.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
Tobin Bell returns as the twisted craftsman Jigsaw, who takes on an ungenerous American medical industry by kidnapping doctors and placing them in death traps.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 30 Sep. 2023
That ungenerous attitude toward Susie’s world hijacks the mood as the film goes full-tilt media circus lampoon.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungenerous
Adjective
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He isn’t allowed to become the play’s villain despite his selfish plan to sell the estate out from under his family.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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We Americans get slandered around the world as a bunch of fat, lazy, selfish slobs.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Since then, Vance has been more careful not to deviate publicly from the president's policy position.—
Hannah Demissie,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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An uncharitable interpretation of these findings would conclude that people with fibromyalgia are complainers.—
Peter Ubel,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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That’s perhaps an uncharitable read on what was overall a strong game by the Rangers, who allowed a tying goal to Artturi Lehkonen with 1:13 remaining, then couldn’t convert on an overtime power play.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Yearning for physical perfection—encouraged by a greedy beauty culture intent on feeding it—is a debilitating waste of energy.—
Valerie Monroe,
Allure,
28 Mar. 2025
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That’s what Elliot (Rudd) and his daughter Ridley (Ortega) confront while on a journey to a retreat hosted by Elliot’s greedy crackpot boss (Grant).—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Florida is the only state in the geographic Deep South with a higher minimum wage than the federal government’s miserly $7.25 an hour.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2025
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With the arrival of pitchers and catchers, one of the coldest and miserly baseball offseasons in memory is nearing conclusion, and it can’t be understated that, other than the Dodgers, Yankees and Mets (on one player), hardly any team spent any money.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Some have felt conflicted, but after decades without success and 14 years of soulless drudgery under Mike Ashley’s parsimonious ownership, many were willing to accept anything for the promise or even just the hope of better times.—
Oliver Kay,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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His father was intensely parsimonious as well, and once tried to build a front fence by hammering bookshelves together.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Those who are approved must cope with notoriously unreliable in-home nursing, a byproduct of the state’s penurious reimbursement rates.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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Even so, the general picture of a mother’s absence and a daughter’s understandable resentment at having had to pick up the maternal slack in penurious conditions comes through loud and clear.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Tell her to stop being stingy and pay for her own subscriptions.—
Karen Fratti,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
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Can Ole Miss make enough 3s to keep Iowa State’s stingy defense at bay?—
Tobias Bass,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Ungenerous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungenerous. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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