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ill-natured

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But having followed the iota people for some time they, to me, don't seem like ill-natured people.

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Quick take

Synonym of bad-tempered: easily or characteristically angered.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ill-natured gathered in one view.

adjective

Synonym of bad-tempered: easily or characteristically angered.

adjective

Synonym of malevolent: wishing bad upon others.

adjective

Having a bad nature, whether

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ill-natured.

Example sentences

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But having followed the iota people for some time they, to me, don't seem like ill-natured people.

2

There is definitely more to this than technical merit, but it doesn't have to be anything ill-natured from the Rust community.

3

The only place I can realistically see ill-natured joking being accepted is in a school.

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There's nothing sinister or ill-natured about it as another commenter suggested.

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I definitely wasn't trying to mock anyone, affect change, or do anything ill-natured.

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Nevertheless, I do believe him that there is more ill-natured criticism than is ideal (mostly because every single community, online or otherwise, has this characteristic).

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Granted in the early days you could give the benefit of the doubt that sure Magic Leap are trying to build some revolutionary AR - you could construe my comment as ill-natured.

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> The entire idea of Core Isolation is that your OS will segregate critical core processes from the rest of the other normally running ones in order to defend against hostile or ill-natured software/driver or malware.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use ill-natured in a sentence?

But having followed the iota people for some time they, to me, don't seem like ill-natured people.

What does ill-natured mean?

Synonym of bad-tempered: easily or characteristically angered.

What part of speech is ill-natured?

ill-natured is commonly used as adjective.