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# unkind

«unkind» in Mova's school dictionary: **not kind; saying or doing things that hurt or upset other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (unkind, unkinder, unkindest; more unkind)

### meaning for a pupil

Unkind means not kind; saying or doing things that hurt or upset other people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkind/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, school and feelings, being unkind (calling names, leaving people out, laughing at them) hurts others; schools ask everyone to be kind instead. If someone is unkind to you, tell a trusted adult. In stories, unkind characters like wicked stepsisters often learn a lesson or get what they deserve. Being unkind to animals is wrong too.

### examples

- It was unkind to laugh at his drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkind/#x1)
- Don't say unkind things about people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkind/#x2)
- She was unkind to the new girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkind/#x3)
- It's unkind to pull the cat's tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkind/#x4)
- I'm sorry I was unkind to you yesterday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkind/#x5)
- Leaving someone out of a game is unkind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkind/#x6)
- The unkind words made him cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkind/#x7)
- How unkind of those ugly satyrs! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkind/#x8)

### note

Formed from «un-» (not) + «kind»; noun «unkindness». Opposite «kind». Say «unkind to someone», not «unkind with». Do not confuse with «kind of» (a type of / a bit).

### In the corpora

- [Liking or disliking a purple door is an opinion, not news; sneering at people for it is unkind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/17/)
- [The line is crossed when it becomes unkind, untrue, about someone's body, or about things that are private.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/8/)
- [Editing someone's photo with AI without permission can be unkind and can be bullying; the edited picture is not the real person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/16-secrets-scams-telling/13/)
- ["Mad" in this book means crazy and silly; calling real people "mad" because they are ill is unkind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat/15/)
- [That was an old, unkind idea about a whole people, and it is wrong: no people is lazy by nature.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unkind» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkind/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.