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# unkindness

noun (unkindness — uncountable; an unkindness, unkindnesses)

«unkindness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unkindness is being unkind, mean or cruel to others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindness/#m1)
2. An unkindness is one unkind act or word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindness/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindness/#x1)
- She said sorry for her unkindness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindness/#x2)
- There is no place for unkindness in our class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindness/#x3)
- Unkindness to animals is wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindness/#x4)
- He remembered every small unkindness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindness/#x5)
- Kindness wins over unkindness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindness/#x6)
- He encountered bad weather, heavy seas, unkindness, and hard men--such were his experiences, for he became ship-boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindness/#x7)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unkindness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unkindness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unkindness.html) on Mova free.