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mean-ˈspir·it·ed <meaner-, meanest-> ADJ

mean-spirited

mean-spirited

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I'm sure nothing mean-spirited was intended, but such is the film's effect. en.wikipedia.org

Life without meaning, hope, and love breeds a coldhearted, mean-spirited outlook that destroys both the individual and others. en.wikipedia.org

It contained all the ruinous, mean-spirited, wrong-headed government overreach that every red-blooded journalist prays for. www.nashvillescene.com

Political nativism and xenophobia encouraged similar mean-spirited responses to the perceived threats of the time. en.wikipedia.org

The author is not especially mean-spirited in his attitudes. en.wikipedia.org

He hasn't an ill-tempered, mean-spirited bone in his body, and apart from some mischievous penchant for purloining policemen's helmets, is always a gentleman. en.wikipedia.org

There is a broad variety of things that katagelasticists would dostarting from harmless pranks or word plays to truly embarrassing and even harmful, mean-spirited jokes. en.wikipedia.org

When choosing a mean-spirited or angry response, a much more perceptible scowl shows itself. en.wikipedia.org

Others have suggested, however, that his negative criticism is mean-spirited rather than constructive. en.wikipedia.org

A young orphan runs away from her mean-spirited guardian to live with her aunt. en.wikipedia.org

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