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as in selfish
giving or sharing as little as possible
an uncharitable couple who wouldn't even donate food to needy families at Thanksgiving
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as in ruthless
having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings
an uncharitable attitude towards people who give in to alcohol or other temptations
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Recent Examples of uncharitable
McAfee here challenges the uncharitable perception of geeks to highlight their openness, curiosity and ability to cooperate.
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Tom Loftus, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
Yes, the prosecution was painting an uncharitable picture of Bankman-Fried but there’s no need to reinforce it.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
An acid cleanse for healthy cynicism accrued over decades uncharitable to peace and love platitudes.
—Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
Was the pandemic a kind of cosmic reckoning for years of profligate and uncharitable behavior?
—Nick Heil, Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2020
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Tom Loftus, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
Yes, the prosecution was painting an uncharitable picture of Bankman-Fried but there’s no need to reinforce it.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
An acid cleanse for healthy cynicism accrued over decades uncharitable to peace and love platitudes.
—Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
Was the pandemic a kind of cosmic reckoning for years of profligate and uncharitable behavior?
—Nick Heil, Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncharitable
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Not because Biden was selfish and ran for reelection.Ted Trimpa, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps a record of principled work for others should outweigh a record of selfish ambition.Keenan Robbins, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Peyser covered the high-profile trial for the Post as a columnist, spending every day in court in order to produce a series of ruthless front-page takes about the Stewart scandal.David Mack, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The standoff between Blanche’s impractical aestheticism and Stanley’s ruthless pragmatism is the heart of this quintessentially American drama.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The researchers are careful to point out that this method was intended to work only with cooperative participants.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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This process begins with careful curation and labeling of data before it's fed into AI models.Rehan Jalil, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Their idea involved merciless kills, a chainsaw, a group of youths and a homicidal family with a craving for human flesh; all set against the backdrop of a sunny, countryside day giving way to a nightmarish evening.Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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For most of them, the rigors of fighting on the eastern front only increased the value of fighting a merciless war—Hitler's war.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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This is the problem with the show: These women are just concocting reasons why the people on the other side suck, and it’s become the most uncharitable, the most ungenerous thing on Bravo.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 July 2024
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While the initial batch of second-quarter earnings reports has been met by generally ungenerous market responses, the numbers themselves are solid.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 July 2024
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His skin, a greedy shade of brown, seems to eat up all the light.Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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Like Kato and Sunja’s margarita date last week, this is another small moment that moves as much, if not more, than any of the larger emotional gestures in the show — some pleasures are immune to misery’s greedy hands.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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To articulate its outlines sufficiently is, almost by definition, to spill past time, to run counter to the withholding, parsimonious control that has characterized the Obamas all along.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
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His parsimonious choice befitted a man for whom discipline in pursuit of victory is no vice and who jettisoned cargo-loads of ideological baggage to make his party an acceptable vehicle of protest.E.J. Dionne, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
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Smart Care can free up valuable storage space, an important function considering most Macs come with miserly amounts of storage.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Sneak-peek images of the one-time-only giveaway souvenirs had quickly been met with ridicule online for their ultra-minimalist design — seen by some as one last miserly indignity directed at a loyal fanbase.Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Uncharitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncharitable. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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