unpleasant or unfriendly; slightly cruel an unkind remark He was never actually unkind to them. It would be unkind to go without him. She never said anything unkind about anyone. opposite kind
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adverb “That's your problem,” she remarked unkindly. “Don't be silly,” he said, not unkindly. I'm sure it wasn't meant unkindly.
noun [uncountable]See unkind in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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