unkindness

«unkindness» in Mova's school dictionary: being unkind, mean or cruel to others — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (unkindness — uncountable; an unkindness, unkindnesses)

meaning for a pupil

1) Unkindness is being unkind, mean or cruel to others. tree →

2) An unkindness is one unkind act or word. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons on friendship and ethics, unkindness hurts feelings and is the opposite of kindness. In church life Christians may confess unkindness and ask forgiveness. Phrases: an act of unkindness, unkindness to animals.

examples

• Unkindness can make someone very sad. tree →
• She said sorry for her unkindness. tree →
• There is no place for unkindness in our class. tree →
• Unkindness to animals is wrong. tree →
• He remembered every small unkindness. tree →
• Kindness wins over unkindness. tree →
• He encountered bad weather, heavy seas, unkindness, and hard men--such were his experiences, for he became ship-boy. tree →

note

Usually uncountable; countable for single acts (an unkindness). Adjective: unkind; opposite: kindness.

In the corpora

• Paying a frenemy back with the same unkindness usually makes two frenemies and two unhappy people.
• The myth was convenient, and convenient myths can hide unkindness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unkindness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.