unkindness
Example Sentences
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The hog jokes are, actually, very funny, but more impressive is the indifference he’s maintained around unkindness from internet strangers.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024
That view absolves us of trying to understand the systemic source of those indignities as something other than unkindness.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2024
Lynn, son of former Chargers coach Anthony Lynn, has Bruins defensive personnel on the field and the sideline constantly cackling and crowing like, well, an unkindness of ravens.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023
The common defense against an accusation of unkindness — let's call it the Jerk's Rejoinder — is some version of, “You're too sensitive,” or, “You can't take a joke.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022
“It’d be doin’ ’em an unkindness, Hermione,” he said gravely, threading a massive bone needle with thick yellow yarn.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
