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unkindeness

unkindeness is the obsolete spelling of unkindness.

Meaning of unkindness

Noun

unkindness (countable and uncountable, plural unkindnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being unkind.
    • His unkindness earlier comes from his bad mood.
  2. (countable) An unkind act.
    • You have done me an unkindness with your cruel deeds.
  3. (collective, countable) A flock of ravens or sometimes crows.
    • An unkindness of ravens spread across the sky.
    Synonyms:
    murder, conspiracy

Origin of unkindeness

From unkinde + -ness.

Questions about unkindeness

What is unkindeness the obsolete spelling of?
Unkindeness is the obsolete spelling of unkindness.

Words near unkindeness in the dictionary

  1. unkilt
  2. unkilted
  3. unkilting
  4. unkilts
  5. unkind
  6. unkindeness
  7. unkinder
  8. unkindest
  9. unkindhearted
  10. unkindled
  11. unkindlier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unkindeness (page history and authors); unkindness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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