unkind

Example Sentences

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Some of the online judgment may seem unkind, but in today’s market, the criticism may be valid.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Social media has been particularly unkind to teenage girls, putting rocket fuel onto the ordinary adolescent stressors of physical awkwardness, the sadness of comparison and the fireworks of inter-friendship conflicts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

He also shares a desire to cultivate more patience and to become more willing to challenge unkind behavior.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2025

You can find cruel, judgmental and unkind people everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

It was not that they were unkind, but I knew that they did not have money enough to feed me and my brother.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright