Pronunciations
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/ʌnˈkaɪndnəs/
Noun
The state or quality of being unkind.
Usage- Uncountable
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His unkindness earlier comes from his bad mood.
She shows her unkindness through her actions.
An unkind act.
Usage- Countable
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You have done me an unkindness with your cruel deeds.
A flock of ravens or sometimes crows.
Usage- collective
- Countable
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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.
More examples (3)
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.
"There's an unkindness of ravens that roosts on top of the guild. Their numbers are growing by the day. Aren't they spectacular?
A raven cawed somewhere up ahead, and its cry was answered by others, an unkindness of ravens on all sides.
Noun
lack of sympathy
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