Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unkindliness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-kind-li-ness
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated; Uncountable

noun

Unfavourableness.

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Lord Walderhurst gazed at her through the monocle with an air he sometimes had of taking her measure without either unkindliness or particular interest."
"Luxury did not spoil her; and any one that saw her in the soft furs of her winter wrappings, would have said that delicate cheek and frame were never made to know the unkindliness of harsher things."

Etymology

From Middle English wnkyndlynes (“unnatural hostility or wickedness”); equivalent to unkindly + -ness.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wnkyndlynes
Suffix: unkindly

Usage

Questions

What does unkindliness mean?: Unkindness.
Where does unkindliness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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