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Recent Examples of unkindly
Adverb
Mischa was one of the young women stalked by photographers and treated unkindly by online bloggers. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023 David Brace says he’s seen more travelers treat each other unkindly in recent months, including confrontations over masks and personal space. Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2021 So, any threats to Levesque’s new creative control would also likely be looked upon unkindly by talent. Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2023 Animated violence includes characters bullying and speaking unkindly to one another. Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for unkindly 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unkindly
Adjective
  • In a globalized, corporate, shifting world that can feel unkind to consumers, the fight for Mt. Bachelor is about the desire to capture something cherished and put it back in the hands of the people who love it most.
    John Branch, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • To use his own words against him is unkind, but with a million people relying on him, Dan Campbell crumpled under the pressure.
    Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Tamil Nadu’s leaders have long been openly contemptuous of Hindu nationalism, and their governing philosophy represents a powerful alternative to Modi’s worldview.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The Supreme Court could potentially blow up this trend The largest threat to the trend of fewer death sentences and executions is the Supreme Court’s Republican supermajority, which is often contemptuous of precedents handed down by earlier justices who Republican legal elites view as too liberal.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Adjective
  • What price female solidarity and empowerment, after all, if the weapon of actualization is an abusive system, one that invariably draws Santosh into its clubby, scornful, vigilante mindset?
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Yet feeling out of place has, ironically, brought Escola even closer to their Mary Todd Lincoln, whose fear that a scornful world might keep her offstage gives the show an unexpected pathos.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • The 2023 Economic Report Of The President published in March of 2023 was relatively disparaging of cryptoassets and DLTs.
    Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Prior to appearing on Cunningham's show on Monday, Huggins made more disparaging remarks about Xavier.
    Emily DeLetter, The Enquirer, 10 May 2023
Adjective
  • In his recent lawsuit against the Gossip Girl actress, Justin Baldoni accuses Blake Lively of allegedly making derogatory comments about his nose.
    Caroline Bell, StyleCaster, 23 Jan. 2025
  • As a coach who works with thousands of Gen Z (and Gen Alpha) folks each year, my experience of these generations defies derogatory stereotypes that many believe.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • President-Elect Donald Trump is openly disdainful of many governments in Europe and seems willing to walk away from America’s role as the continent’s protector.
    Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Now, the norms for AI will emerge in a political and cultural environment that's hostile to regulation and disdainful of limits.
    Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • My TikTok feed is a mix of Spencer Pratt’s viral videos after losing his house to the wildfires, as well as snide goodbyes to the platform, which is set to be banned in the U.S. in just five days.
    Cate Martel, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The snide behavior continues as Knight accompanies Melinda to her house to pack some belongings for the safe house.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The show’s graphic designer Tansy Michaud designed the cover, which, with its garish red-and-yellow cover and text about self-actualization, was meant to be a little graphically obnoxious.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But existing alarm watches are really loud and obnoxious.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Unkindly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unkindly. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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