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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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