<adj.all> a thoughtless and unkind remark the unkindest cut of all
deficient in humane and kindly feelings
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Unkind \Un*kind"\, a. [See {Kin} kindred.] Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
Unkind \Un*kind"\, a. 1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] ``Such unkind abominations.'' --Chaucer.
2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth. --Sir T. Elyot. ※ -- {Un*kind"ly}, adv. -- {Un*kind"ness}, n.
"USA Today" has had mostly disappointing ratings and unkind reviews since its debut Sept. 12.
Destocking of beverages and conserves has been unkind to Schmalbach, and its sister Viag subsidiary, Gerresheimer Glas, said Mr Hopkinson.
You are being unkind if you don't employ fear in this case.
'I hardly have the heart to go to work these days,' he said. Not since the 1950s and 1960s has the party newspaper been quite so unkind about the humble canine.
But even outside Europe, bond markets have been unkind so far this year. For example, Japanese government bonds staged a recovery in the last three months, but only after a disastrous performance in the first quarter of the year.
The court jester at the Royal Britain Exhibition made unkind jokes about the royal family and the commercial museum's managers, not amused, told him to stop or get the sack.
But he is quite firm about it, quite clear about his reasons for it, and philosophical about the unkind things the British press has had to say - though he does resent suggestions that Germany has shown itself an unreliable partner.