mean-spirited
Example Sentences
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To be sure, it’s not as if the RBA is being mean spirited by scrapping further cuts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
Plaschke’s column on Nico Iamaleava is interesting and maybe a little mean spirited.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025
The sea monsters on the “Carta Marina” were universally mean spirited and seemingly determined to hurt any human they encountered.
From National Geographic • Dec. 28, 2023
"Anyone who believes this is mean spirited or 10 years old or younger because a logical person doesn't talk or think this way u should be ashamed of yourself really."
From Fox News • Mar. 27, 2019
He must be humble, mean spirited it is called by many; even sometimes by his friends: and he can only be mean spirited by living near God.
From General Gordon Saint and Soldier by Wardle, J.
