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unkind

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkaɪnd/

The English word “unkind” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Lacking kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or similar; cruel, harsh or unjust; ungrateful.
  2. Not kind; contrary to nature or type; unnatural.
  3. Having no race or kindred; childless.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English unkynde; equivalent to un- + kind.

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