unkindness
Example Sentences
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But when an empathetic person suddenly withholds affection, it’s perceived as an act of unkindness.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025
That view absolves us of trying to understand the systemic source of those indignities as something other than unkindness.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2024
There’s always been more to Garrone’s movies than unkindness, but he has a striking facility for crystallizing human baseness in images that are both specific and laden with surplus meaning.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024
Second, you are plainly stating that you won’t put up with unkindness, so they can expect you to say something every time.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021
She had loved her father, despite that specific unkindness.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
