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A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold.
Nelson A. Miles

Meaning of "ungenerous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNGENEROUS

ungenerous  [ʌnˈdʒɛnərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNGENEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ungenerous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNGENEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ungenerous in the English dictionary

The definition of ungenerous in the dictionary is not willing and liberal in giving away one's money, time, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNGENEROUS


adventurous
ədˈvɛntʃərəs
Carreras
kəˈrɛərəs
congenerous
kɒnˈdʒɛnərəs
dangerous
ˈdeɪndʒərəs
facinorous
fəˈsɪnərəs
generous
ˈdʒɛnərəs
glamorous
ˈɡlæmərəs
glamourous
ˈɡlæmərəs
Honduras
hɒnˈdjʊərəs
humorous
ˈhjuːmərəs
Icarus
ˈɪkərəs
Lazarus
ˈlæzərəs
numerous
ˈnjuːmərəs
onerous
ˈɒnərəs
overgenerous
ˌəʊvəˈdʒɛnərəs
phosphorus
ˈfɒsfərəs
prosperous
ˈprɒspərəs
rigorous
ˈrɪɡərəs
uterus
ˈjuːtərəs
vigorous
ˈvɪɡərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNGENEROUS

ungear
ungelded
ungenerosity
ungenerously
ungenial
ungenitured
ungenteel
ungenteelly
ungentility
ungentle
ungentlemanlike
ungentlemanly
ungentleness
ungently
ungentrified
ungenuine
ungenuineness
ungerminated
unget

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNGENEROUS

adulterous
boisterous
cadaverous
cancerous
coniferous
cruciferous
lecherous
metalliferous
murderous
noncancerous
obstreperous
odoriferous
porous
preposterous
seminiferous
serous
slanderous
splendiferous
thunderous
treacherous
tuberous

Synonyms and antonyms of ungenerous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ungenerous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNGENEROUS

Find out the translation of ungenerous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ungenerous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ungenerous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吝啬
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poco generoso
570 millions of speakers

English

ungenerous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ungenerous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أونجينيروس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

невеликодушным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ungenerous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুদার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

généreux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ungenerous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kleinlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

卑劣な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

옹졸 (비열)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ungenerous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ungenerous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ungenerous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्लज्ज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cimri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ingeneroso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ungenerous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невелікодушно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

meschină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ungenerous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

royaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ogenerös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ungenerous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ungenerous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNGENEROUS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ungenerous

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QUOTES WITH «UNGENEROUS»

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Nelson A. Miles
A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNGENEROUS»

Discover the use of ungenerous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ungenerous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose
CHAPTER 4 Our interviews with ungenerous Americans clearly confirm the findings of our statistical analyses in Chapter 1: compared with their more generous counterparts, ungenerous Americans are not as happy, healthy, or imbued with as ...
Christian Smith, Hilary Davidson, 2014
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Freud
Freud noticed that as the depressed person blames himself (rather than his father ) for being unkind and ungenerous, he actually becomes unkind and ungenerous himself. In some weird way he becomes worthy of his self-criticism. Freud's ...
Jonathan Lear, 2005
3
Second to None: From the sixteenth century to 1865
Ungenerous. Muse. The poet Annis Boudinot Stockton (1736-1801), a good friend of Esther Burr's, used the press to air her own and her friends' grievances. Boudinot married Richard Stockton, a New Jersey signer of the Declaration of ...
Ruth Barnes Moynihan, Cynthia Eagle Russett, Laurie Crumpacker, 1993
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Godey's Magazine
Kate hastily drew her arm from her cousin, while with a voice tremulous with wounded feeling, she murmured "ungenerous!" " Ungenerous! Am I ungenerous? " he cried, as if electrified by the feeling which her voice betrayed, " Look at me, Kate ...
Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, 1844
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Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don't Give Away ...
CHAPTER. 3. Toward. Explaining. Ungenerous. Giving. HOW MIGHT WE explain the lack of financial giving by U.S. Christians found in chapter 2? Previous studies of religious financial giving in the United States have identified a number of ...
Christian Smith, Michael O Emerson, Patricia Snell, 2008
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The Pamphleteer
Mr. Bowles has fixed on these innocent years as the groundwork of an hypothesis as ungenerous as unjust!" Euge! what a detestable monster must Mr. Bowles be. — " An hypothesis as ungenerous as unjust i" Mr. Bowles is " mainly ignorant" ...
Abraham John Valpy, 1820
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The Pamphleteer
Mr. Bowles has fixed on these innocent }cars as tlie groundwork of an HYPOTHESIS as ungenerous as unjust!" liuge! "hat a detestable monster must Mr. Bowles be. — " An hypothesis as ungenerous as unjust?" Mr. Bowles is " mainly ignorant" ...
Jan Glete, Thoemmes Press, 1994
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The Pamphleteer
Mr. Bowles has fixed on these innocent years as the groundwork of an hypothesis as ungenerous as unjust!" Huge! what a detestable monster must Mr. Bowles be. — " An hypothesis as ungenerous as unjust?" Mr. Bowles is " mainly ignorant" ...
‎1820
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Classics of Moral and Political Theory (Fifth Edition)
Ungenerosity, however, is incurable, since old age and every incapacity seem to make people ungenerous. And it comes more naturally to human beings than wastefulness; for the many are money-lovers rather than givers. Moreover ...
Michael L. Morgan, 2011
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Nicomachean Ethics (Second Edition):
§31 However, such a person seems to be quite a lot better than the ungenerous person, since he is easily cured, both by growing older and by poverty, and is capable of reaching the intermediate condition.* For he has the features proper to  ...
Aristotle, Terence Irwin, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNGENEROUS»

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Meditating for success and more relaxed living
Our employers are famously ungenerous with paid vacation. But many of us don't even use the time we're given. A study commissioned by the U.S. Travel ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 15»
2
Unhappy with cartoon about Bellingham mayor
Rik Dalvit's cartoon depiction of Mayor Kelli Linville in Sunday's edition of The Herald was a more than a bit “ungenerous.” ... «Bellingham Herald, Jun 15»
3
It's a fantastic time to graduate in the US as an engineer or computer …
Using full-time employment as a measure is a bit ungenerous to majors such as biology and the physical sciences, where a large number of students go on to ... «Quartz, Jun 15»
4
Art Garfunkel blasts town resident Paul Simon, labeling him …
I find that ungenerous.” The silliest claim Garfunkel made was comparing himself to Harrison. “George came up to me at a party once and said 'my Paul is to me ... «New Canaan Advertiser, May 15»
5
Swingin' Sanders
Sanders is likely to come in for some ridicule from the ungenerous. While he never quite sings (the producer is said to have nixed that early on), he performs ... «The New Yorker, May 15»
6
James Baldwin Denounced Richard Wright's 'Native Son' As a …
... so ground under the heel of oppression as to be without agency or even intelligence. Wright's is a bleak and ungenerous depiction of black life. Advertisement. «New York Times, Feb 15»
7
Folks Do the Randomest Things
... by the notes provided in the Saudi government's English translation of the Koran, is a blasphemous taunt akin to calling Allah “close-fisted” and ungenerous. «National Review Online, Feb 15»
8
Faculty group looks for consensus on UNC athletics
The quote should have read: "What I heard was finger pointing, wagon circling, ungenerous insult, self-righteous pontificating, a lot of charges that implied some ... «News & Observer, Nov 14»
9
End ungenerous, ill-informed advice to India: Lord Swraj Paul to UK
NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul told Britain that it should end a stream of ungenerous and often ill-informed advice that is directed to India on matters including ... «Daily News & Analysis, Oct 14»
10
In defence of book reviewers in Australia
What a clichéd, ungenerous and discreditable overview of book reviewing in this country, with its sentimental and predictable coda about mythic Manhattan ... «The Conversation, Jul 14»

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