kindless
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having no specific kind, unspecified, general.
Example Sentences
- "Poore Thamar, little did thy louely hands Foretell an action of ſuch violence, As to contend with Ammons luſty armes, Sinnewd with vigor of his kindleſſe loue, Faire Thamar now diſhonour hunts thy foot,"
- "Remorselesse, Treacherous, Letcherous, kindles villaine!"
- "Kneel not to me, ungrateful, kindless girl! I have been prostrate at your feet in vain."
- "The Normanthorpe roses, famous throughout the north of England, were as yet barely budding in the kindless wind […]"
- "For a selfish and kindless nature no apologist dare appear : while in behalf of those who err from the excess of generous affections, there standeth ever a mediating angel between them and their worst offences."
- "It is honorable to human nature, that his impressions of the common people in England, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, were of a pleasing character, as he was often placed in relations to them calculated to draw out their true nature, whether it were kind or kindless."
Etymology
From kind (“inherent quality, nature”, noun) + -less. Compare Middle English kindelæs (“incapable of generation, barren”). The sense "destitute of kindness" is likely influenced by kind (“benevolent; affectionate”, adjective).
Usage
Inflected Forms
more kindless (comparative)
most kindless (superlative)