MEANSPIRITED
\mˈiːnspɪɹˌɪtɪd], \mˈiːnspɪɹˌɪtɪd], \m_ˈiː_n_s_p_ɪ_ɹ_ˌɪ_t_ɪ_d]\
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having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
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lacking in magnanimity; "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"
By Princeton University
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