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Meanings of unkindness in English

Catalan
duresa
Spanish
dureza

Lack of sympathy.

        duresa
        Usage of unkindness in English
        1
        It said: Be that one person prepared to stand up to unkindness.
        The Guardian
        2
        Disappointment in love, marriage broken off, unkindness of afriend; loss of friendship.
        Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot
        3
        It's not just unkindness, it's just vandalism the way people were treated.
        The Irish Times
        4
        It was sheer unkindness in me-orworse-totreat Arabella as I did.
        Jude the Obscure
        5
        It was not sung in unkindness but only because it was true.
        Jem
        6
        It is the most sincere unkindness when one talks only to answer.
        A Prince of Sinners
        7
        A heavy sense of the unkindness of fate was oppressing Mr Goble.
        The Little Warrior
        8
        We must not part with the least shadow of unkindness between us.
        The Laurel Bush: An Old-Fashioned Love Story
        9
        I suffer too much from your unkindness; you ask too much endurance.'
        New Grub Street
        10
        It was not necessary to pry into them-itmight even be unkindness.
        A Millionaire of Yesterday
        11
        He overlooks your faults and your unkindness and remains loyal to you.
        Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarn...
        12
        There was simply the atmosphere of unkindness, which no discipline can dispel.
        The Longest Journey
        13
        I mean no unkindness, but I cannot consult with you about it.
        A Foregone Conclusion
        14
        So ancient are the hatreds of poets, envy, jealousy, and all unkindness.
        Letters to Dead Authors
        15
        But he would have felt no unkindness toward me on that account.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 / A Magazin...
        16
        Michael, when you are unhappy, kindness is even more intolerable than unkindness.
        Michael
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