unkind thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunkindandthing
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unkind
adjective
uk/ʌnˈkaɪnd/us/ʌnˈkaɪnd/
not treating someone very well; not considering ...
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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofunkindandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A difference of opinion is permissible, but that was a ratherunkindthingto say.
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That may sometimes be anunkindthingto say, but it is often very salutary in teaching people not to take undue risks.
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I will say oneunkindthingabout him, however: his position on hunting is wholly unacceptable and has damaged what would otherwise be a real power in the countryside.
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I never heard him say anunkindthingabout anyone.
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This is an instance of retrospective legislation, and some very unkind things, and justifiably unkind things, have been said about it.
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Various local government associations have said some unkind things about this rate support grant settlement.
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A burglar said he had burgled because the neighbours said unkind things about him.
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He said all kinds of unkind things about the trade union movement.
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One or two unkind things have been said about another place.
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I said some not unkind things about him a little while ago.
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There have been some unkind things said about the present trustees.
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We have many unkind things said about us, but nothing so bad as that.
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So far as the device generally is concerned, a number of unkind things have been said about it.
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Beeching, but at the end he was a little unfair when he said some rather unkind things about him, about his management and about his consultation with the trade unions.
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He says, however, that he had moral issues with this line of work after hearing people say unkind things about the fake people who had written to them.
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