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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unkind \Un*kind"\, a. [See {Kin} kindred.]
Having no race or kindred; childless. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unkind \Un*kind"\, a.
1. Not kind contrary to nature, or the law of kind or
kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] ``Such unkind abominations.''
--Chaucer.
2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or
the like cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
He is unkind that recompenseth not but he is most
unkind that forgetteth --Sir T.
Elyot.
-- {Un*kind"ly}, adv -- {Un*kind"ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
unkind
adj 1: lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the
unkindest cut of all" [ant: {kind}]
2: deficient in humane and kindly feelings [syn: {pitiless}]
3: lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy [syn: {cruel}]
4: (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering;
"brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a
cruel world"; "a harsh climate; "a rigorous climate";
"unkind winters" [syn: {brutal}, {cruel}, {harsh}, {rigorous}]
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