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mean-spiritedness

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mean-spiritedness.

Editorial note

I’m referring to the deliberate and inherent mean-spiritedness towards people with intellectual disabilities that the slur is explicitly invoking.

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Quick take

Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of mean-spiritedness gathered in one view.

adjective

Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mean-spiritedness.

adjective

Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.

Example sentences

1

I’m referring to the deliberate and inherent mean-spiritedness towards people with intellectual disabilities that the slur is explicitly invoking.

2

The thing is, you wouldn't use the slur except to invoke the mean-spiritedness that the people who find the slur offensive associate with the word.

3

For the sake of mere spite and mean-spiritedness they seem to be trying to waste the company's money.

4

This is the exact point where the mean-spiritedness of the article surpassed my interest in continuing to read it.

5

I mean, quite a large number of organizations are dysfunctional, but the mean-spiritedness and overt psychopathy described by the OP is fairly rare, even in Corporate America.

6

Fraud is already bad, but someone can do that for reasons other than pure mean-spiritedness.

7

And the only weapon required was making a constituency of American ignorance, resentment, and mean-spiritedness.

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>I’m referring to the deliberate and inherent mean-spiritedness towards people with intellectual disabilities that the slur is explicitly invoking.

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The one useful thing about your comment is that it gives us a way to measure the background radiation of mean-spiritedness online.

10

Possibly the sheer mean-spiritedness of the comments made (not here) about a stranger.

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I think there's a fair amount of honest skepticism around the pricing, which isn't the same as simple mean-spiritedness.

12

What was the point of this comment, other than mean-spiritedness?

Quote examples

1

Have you ever seen someone use the slur without intending the same mean-spiritedness that the "virtue signalers" are taking offense to?

2

"A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses." Yeah, this lines up with my personal description of stupid: incapable of achieving one's own goals because of stubbornness, mean-spiritedness, pride, persistent misunderstanding, inability or unwillingness to learn.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mean-spiritedness in a sentence?

I’m referring to the deliberate and inherent mean-spiritedness towards people with intellectual disabilities that the slur is explicitly invoking.

What does mean-spiritedness mean?

Having a base, nasty, petty, or malevolent disposition; tawdry.

What part of speech is mean-spiritedness?

mean-spiritedness is commonly used as adjective.