Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unkindness

/ʌnˈkaɪndnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: un-kind-ness
IPA: /ʌnˈkaɪndnəs/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being unkind.

Uncountable

noun

Countable

noun

A flock of ravens or sometimes crows.

Countable

Example Sentences

"His unkindness earlier comes from his bad mood."
"She shows her unkindness through her actions."
"You have done me an unkindness with your cruel deeds."
"An unkindness of ravens spread across the sky."
"she brought down on her head an unkindness of crows, which limped across the beech-mast to stare one-sidedly at this... carrion in waiting."
"All Olwynne could remember, though, was her father falling away from her into some deep pit, his black wings bent over his face, and then hundreds of ravens, an unkindness of ravens, plummeting from the sky to peck out her eyes."

Etymology

From Middle English unkyndenesse; equivalent to unkind + -ness.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: unkyndenesse
Suffix: unkind

Usage

Inflected Forms

unkindnesses (plural)

Synonyms

murder conspiracy nonkindness

Questions

How do you pronounce unkindness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈkaɪndnəs/.
What does unkindness mean?: The state or quality of being unkind.
Where does unkindness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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