unkindness
Example Sentences
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That view absolves us of trying to understand the systemic source of those indignities as something other than unkindness.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2024
This arrangement has worked beautifully since third grade, shielding both of them from the unkindness of other children when it comes to their unique personality traits.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
It was a moment of careless unkindness, a way of noting that an unspoken rule — stupid, pointless, insidious — has been violated.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2021
Ghosting a close friend is not a kind thing to do, and although there may be some circumstances in which it’s a necessary unkindness, I don’t think it’s called for here.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2021
He did not know if he quite believed that, for the unkindness with which he’d seen himself could not be undone in a day.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
