unkindness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
unkindness
    n 1: lack of sympathy [ant: {kindness}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Unkind \Un*kind"\, a.
   1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or
      kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] "Such unkind abominations."
      --Chaucer.
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   2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or
      the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
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            He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most
            unkind that forgetteth.               --Sir T.
                                                  Elyot.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Un*kind"ly}, adv. -- {Un*kind"ness}, n.
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