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Recent Examples of unkindly
Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
She was always being driven mad by Kubrick, very unkindly.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
Paris quickly put a stop to strangers speaking unkindly about her son.
—Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
This move wouldn't be looked at unkindly by new Brazil national team manager Dorival Jr., who is currently in Europe to keep tabs on players such as Vinicius Jr., Rodrygo, Vitor Roque and Raphinha.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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Aimee Lou Wood, the British breakout star of The White Lotus season three, said Saturday Night Live has apologized after unkindly parodying her during Saturday night’s show.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
She was always being driven mad by Kubrick, very unkindly.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
Paris quickly put a stop to strangers speaking unkindly about her son.
—Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
This move wouldn't be looked at unkindly by new Brazil national team manager Dorival Jr., who is currently in Europe to keep tabs on players such as Vinicius Jr., Rodrygo, Vitor Roque and Raphinha.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unkindly
Adjective
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All of this has just been ways to use pressure tactics to make broadcasters who say unkind things about the president pay a price.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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The 10th innings were unkind to the Sox.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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His ability to endure might, in a perverse way, have been a gift from his father, who, by Hurst’s account, treated him cruelly.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Grealish has spoken with Thomas Tuchel previously and was targeting a strong second half of the season, but that opportunity was cruelly taken from him, leaving him needing time to come to terms with the disappointment.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Critics are sometimes contemptuous of the way superhero entertainment has been embraced by adults, who should presumably be making their way through the Booker Prize longlist.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
20 Apr. 2026
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Sara Hershkowitz’s wildly contemptuous Queen adds further soprano glory.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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All the scornful gazes of my schoolmates when Doc started to pick me up from campus had been worth it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Mar. 2026
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During the decade since Hitler took power, women married to Jewish men defied scornful social, economic and political pressure, day after day.—
Danielle Wirsansky,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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While Trump’s talk of a possible NATO pullout dates back years, the comments to The Telegraph newspaper in the U.K., published Wednesday, were among the clearest and most disparaging yet — suggesting that the fracture has deepened perhaps to a point of no return.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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The irony is that Trump has been more disparaging and dismissive of the military than any other president.—
Joe Garofoli,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Mar. 2026
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The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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The California Racial Mascots Act, passed in the State Assembly by a 62-0 vote and signed in 2024, requires that public schools K-12 remove Native American team names, nicknames and mascots that could be viewed as derogatory.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
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In its public messaging, OpenAI has been indifferent or even somewhat derogatory toward Anthropic.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Controversial finish of the weekend, though, came at Anfield, where Crystal Palace’s Daniel Munoz chose to ruthlessly lob Liverpool’s Freddie Woodman, despite the goalkeeper lying injured and prostrate on the ground.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Millions of Germans joined the audience for the Nazi play, in which Hitler played the glorious Leader and the regime ruled ruthlessly while spinning stories about its own rectitude.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Unkindly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unkindly. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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