ungenerous

Example Sentences

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Withering caricatures began to seem inadequate—too easy, too ungenerous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Since the documentary’s release, I’ve been proven right that there’s always an ungenerous viewer for stories like these.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2024

“People are afraid they’re going to sound cheap or ungenerous when talking about splitting the bill, but talking about money can be a normal thing,” Ms. Meier wrote.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2022

Some of the world’s poorest people without enough food are in northern Kenya, where animal carcasses are slowly stripped to the bone beneath an ungenerous sky.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2022

“It would be ungenerous for me to admit that she was of that order and land.”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin