ungenerous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective lacking in magnanimity
    meanspirited.
    • it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.
    • a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive
  2. adjective unwilling to spend
    stingy.
    • she practices economy without being stingy
    • an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds

WordNet


Un*gen"er*ous adjective
Definitions
  1. Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.
    The victor never will impose on Cato Ungenerous terms. Addison.

Webster 1913