unkynde

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === onkynde, unkinde, un kynde hunkinde, onicunde, un-kinde, unicunde (Early Middle English); onkynd, unkynd (Late Middle English) onkende, unkende (East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent); on-kyynd (Promptorium Parvulorum) ounkende, ounkynde, uncunde, unkunde (Southern); on kunde, unkunde, unkuynde, un-kuynde (West Midland) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English uncynde, unġecynde; by surface analysis, un- +‎ kynde (“natural”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /unˈkiːnd(ə)/ IPA(key): /unˈkeːnd(ə)/ (East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent) IPA(key): /unˈkyːnd(ə)/ (Southern, West Midland) === Adjective === unkynde Unnatural, abnormal: (especially horticulture) Degraded, deficient, corrupt. (especially medicine) Unhealthy, harmful, injurious. Immoral, depraved, perverse (especially sexually) Disloyal, undutiful, ungrateful: lacking appreciation or loyalty: Unfaithful to one's family, spouse, or partner. Disobedient or rebellious towards one's country or ruler; unpatriotic. Impious; not compliant with a deity or religion's directives. Uncaring, unkind, cruel; lacking empathy: Uncourteous, ignoble; base or rude. Uncharitable; inattentive towards the poor or subordinates. (of weather) Tempestuous, oppressive. Foreign, alien; not native. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: unkind Middle Scots: unkynd Scots: unkind ==== References ==== “unkīnd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.