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Meaning of nonkindness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Synonym of unkindness.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“That this is true needs no words of science to verify, for those who have been through such experience and know the awful sinking of bodily energies which follows lasting grief, not so much the pain of bereavement as of daily harshness, crossing and unkindness—or nonkindness—the mere lack of affection.”
“If the person smiled, certain traits such as humor, honesty, and kindness were mentioned in the Ss’ characterizations, but, if the person did not smile, then the traits that were mentioned were high in dishonesty, nonkindness, and impersonality.”
“But he heard the words [Ronald] Reagan said when he made a speech standing just a few yards from the Berlin Wall, which had come to symbolize for the world the nonfreedom and nonkindness of communism:[…]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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