ungenerous

Or you could embrace a conspiracy theory that tells you all your knee-jerk, ungenerous reactions are the right ones, and you're the victim of evil forces trying to take away what's yours.

Rod Dreher, an American commentator who converted to Orthodoxy but shares ideological ground with Catholic traditionalists, called the homily “mean-spirited and ungenerous.”

“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.

There’s a silver lining to all that ungenerous behavior, the researchers write: Unlike personality traits, sleep can be modified — and both getting enough and helping others do the same might make for a better world.

Maybe that’s an ungenerous way to respond to a study on an important social issue by a respected, nonpartisan think tank.