Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exhibiting no charity or generosity.
- adjective Unfair or unkind.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not charitable; harsh; censorious; severe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in judging; harsh; censorious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
charitable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking love and generosity
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Examples
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This lay-brother had the care of the garden of pot-herbs and fruit-trees, and as he was toiling there one day the Abbot called the uncharitable monk to him, and said: "Come, let us see what our brother the Fool is doing."
A Child's Book of Saints William Canton 1909
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People seem afraid to refuse to give alms for fear of being called uncharitable, yet they have not the charity to investigate the cases brought before their notice and see that their relief is intelligently bestowed upon worthy persons.
A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science James Leslie Allan Kayll 1908
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I know that these sentiments will be termed uncharitable; but I must not be deterred by such an imputation.
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. William Wilberforce 1796
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A recent convert to Twitter? for its instant tap into the opinions of "the population"? he has just had a spat with the property presenter Kirstie Allsopp, calling her "a lying cow" for saying he was "uncharitable".
Alan Sugar ? the lord of all he surveys Sabine Durrant 2010
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The former Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi told me shortly before he was assassinated by Israel in 2004 that it would be "uncharitable" to find fault with Iran.
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The Times of India Remarks against Patel, not Jinnah, led to Jaswant's expulsion: BJP In an apparent attempt to shield senior party leader L K Advani who had earlier praised M A Jinnah, BJP today said Jaswant Singh was expelled not for his views on Pakistan founder but for his "uncharitable" comments against Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
India News Digest: LTTE Funded Rajnikant's Movies, Says Lanka Minister 2009
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What is the reader to make of his harsh and judgmental first impressions, views that Vincent himself admits are "uncharitable" and "graceless to the core"?
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Why did you call me 'uncharitable' when I said Mrs. Gordon painted immodestly!
The Voice of the People Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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But then it is remembered that statements quite as "uncharitable" as any which this Creed contains are found in the 16th verse of S. Mark's concluding chapter; are in fact the words of Him whose very Name is Love.
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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Last October, he branded Kirstie Allsopp a "lying cow" after she had accused him of being "uncharitable".
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