What does ungenerous mean?
Definitions for ungenerous
ʌnˈdʒɛn ər əsun·gen·er·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
ungenerous, meanspiritedadjective
lacking in magnanimity
"it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"
stingy, ungenerousadjective
unwilling to spend
"she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
Wiktionary
ungenerousadjective
Not generous; stingy.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ungenerousadjective
To look into letters already opened or dropped, is held an ungenerous act. Alexander Pope.
The victor never will impose on Cato
Ungenerous terms. His enemies confess
The virtues of humanity are Cæsar’s. Addison.
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ungenerous
Ungenerous refers to someone who is lacking in generosity or not willing to give or share their resources or time freely. It often characterizes a person who is selfish, stingy, or mean.
Webster Dictionary
Ungenerousadjective
not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ungenerous
un-jen′e-rus, adj. not generous or liberal.—adv. Ungen′erously.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ungenerous in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ungenerous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of ungenerous in a Sentence
He who receives a favour must retain a recollection of it for all time to come; but he who confers should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid and ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred on him, and to talk of it, is little different from a reproach.
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
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