unkindness

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. lack of sympathyOpposite kindnessType of insensitivity, insensitivenessKinds unhelpfulness, inconsideration
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“unkindness” is listed under Unkind.

Un·kind′ adjective

1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. obsolete “Such unkind abominations.” Geoffrey 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 Thomas Elyot

— Un·kind′wb-a1′>′ly, adverb — Un·kind′wb-a1′>′ness, noun

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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