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- Dictionaryungenerous/ʌnˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs/
adjective
- 1. not generous; mean: "he was not an ungenerous man"
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UNGENEROUS definition: 1. not willing to give money, help, kindness, praise, etc. to other people, or only willing to give…. Learn more.
adjective. un· gen· er· ous. ˌən-ˈjen-rəs, -ˈje-nə- Synonyms of ungenerous. : not generous: a. : petty, mean. ungenerous criticisms. b. : deficient in liberality : stingy. an ungenerous offer. ungenerously adverb. Synonyms. cheap. chintzy. closefisted. mean. mingy. miserly. niggardly. parsimonious. penny-pinching. penurious. pinching. pinchpenny.
Ungenerous definition: stingy; miserly. See examples of UNGENEROUS used in a sentence.
not willing to give money, help, kindness, praise, etc. to other people, or only willing to give a little: an ungenerous welfare benefits system. It is not being ungenerous to the team to suggest that it, too, has many weak points. Opposite. generous. Fewer examples. The account pays an ungenerous 0.5% rate of interest.
Synonyms for UNGENEROUS: selfish, careful, uncharitable, greedy, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, stingy; Antonyms of UNGENEROUS: generous, charitable, liberal, munificent, unsparing, openhanded, unselfish, bounteous
Define ungenerous. ungenerous synonyms, ungenerous pronunciation, ungenerous translation, English dictionary definition of ungenerous. adj. 1. Slow or reluctant in giving, forgiving, or sharing; stingy.
adjective. unwilling to spend. “an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds” synonyms: stingy. uncharitable. lacking love and generosity. beggarly, mean. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt. cheap, chinchy, chintzy. embarrassingly stingy. cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny.
