ungenerous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈdʒɛnərəs/ UK /ʌnˈdʒɛnərəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
mean or stingy; unwilling to give

It would be ungenerous to refuse them even a small share.

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Synonyms

1 adj · mean or stingy; unwilling... stingy mean miserlytightfistedselfish grudging parsimonious illiberal

Opposites

generous liberalopenhandedmagnanimous charitable

Word family

Forms ungenerously

Derived forms ungenerouslyungenerousness

Related forms generous generosity generously

Etymology

From un- ('not') + generous, from Latin generosus ('of noble birth, magnanimous'), from genus ('birth, race, kind').

un- Old English generosus Latin genus Latin *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# ungenerous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈdʒɛnərəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈdʒɛnərəs/

## Meanings
1. mean or stingy; unwilling to give

## Examples
- It would be ungenerous to refuse them even a small share.

## Synonyms
- stingy
- mean
- miserly
- tightfisted
- selfish
- grudging
- parsimonious
- illiberal

## Antonyms
- generous
- liberal
- openhanded
- magnanimous
- charitable

## Derived Forms
- ungenerously
- ungenerousness

## Related Forms
- generous
- generosity
- generously

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: generosus
- Root: genus
- Root: *ǵenh₁-

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + generous, from Latin generosus ('of noble birth, magnanimous'), from genus ('birth, race, kind').

## AI Etymology
Ungenerous is from un- ('not') + generous, from Latin generosus ('of noble birth, magnanimous'), from genus ('birth, race, kind'). Important recorded forms include un- (Old English), generosus (Latin), genus (Latin), and *ǵenh₁- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the un- element marks negation, reversal, removal, or deprivation, while the base supplies the action, quality, or state being denied or undone. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers mean or stingy; unwilling to give. The wider family includes derived forms such as ungenerously and ungenerousness and related words such as generous, generosity, and generously.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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