What is the meaning of ungenerous?

adjective

  • Lacking in magnanimity.
    • usage: "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"
  • Unwilling to spend.
    • usage: "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
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