ungenerous

adjective

ˌən-ˈjen-rəs
Definition of ungenerousnext
as in selfish
giving or sharing as little as possible it is ungenerous for someone of his ample means not to provide more for the care of his aging parents

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Recent Examples of ungenerous Suzanne’s ungenerous view of herself is one of many misperceptions that will be overturned—some gently, some not. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2026 There’s an ungenerous and shallow way to look at this film as little more than a highlight reel of Hammer’s work, a paltry substitute for actually spending meaningful time with the work itself. — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026 But those monologues are artistically dishonest and ungenerous. — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2025 There’s a generous and an ungenerous reading of Carole Radziwill returning to RHONY. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for ungenerous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungenerous
  1. selfish
  2. careful
  3. uncharitable
  4. greedy
  5. miserly
  6. parsimonious
  7. penurious
  8. stingy
Adjective
  • Unlike Reborn Rich, Reborn Rookie is a comedy, finding a fair amount of fun in the story of a CEO who accidentally swaps bodies with a young soccer player, and uses the opportunity to get revenge on his selfish children.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 July 2026
  • Across 15 tracks, the rapper and producer get to work making their first proper body of work together as memorable as expected, delving into relationship mishaps, selfish tendencies, and the absurdist comedy that is real life.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
Definition of selfish
Adjective
  • Determination and careful calculations — hold on, carry the 2 — are a must.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Graduate students face lower federal limits and the loss of Grad PLUS, requiring careful financial planning.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of careful
Adjective
  • Too many become uncharitable to the policies that helped them and the immigrants who followed.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • There is no need to be uncharitable.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of uncharitable
Adjective
  • The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit.
    — Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
  • Next to him were Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, all left-leaning candidates running on a platform that includes abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and taking on bad landlords and greedy corporations.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Definition of greedy
Adjective
  • Koenig’s former Yankees teammates were contemptuous of that miserly decision.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Player sales have generated big cash but miserly profits this season.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of miserly
Adjective
  • This is the most parsimonious way to account for the unified nature of consciousness, according to subcorticalists.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 28 May 2026
  • The financial rewards accrued from streaming and downloading have been parsimonious.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
Definition of parsimonious
Adjective
  • There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into the mists of pseudohistory.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But both are gone because neither could make magic of Sherman’s low-spending model that still includes the most penurious payroll in MLB in 2025.
    — Greg Cote July 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Definition of penurious
Adjective
  • Confessions kicked off one of the weirdest eras in a career that has never been stingy with weirdness.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2026
  • Royce Lewis and Victor Caratini hit back-to-back homers, Zebby Matthews pitched seven stingy innings and the Minnesota Twins held off a late rally by the Houston Astros for a 5-4 victory Monday night.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of stingy

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