1(of a person) cold or stubborn towards other people.
（人）吝啬的；小气的
a crusty, ungiving, authoritarian father
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Inspirational and imbued with an engaging, multidimensional personality on the park, he can be infuriatingly insouciant and ungiving off it.
In the beginning, both seemed austere, even ungiving.
He eyes were no longer ungiving, but somehow new like a child's.
It may have embarked willingly on a peace strategy with its neighbours, but it has adopted a grudging and ungiving attitude in its daily dealings with its Arab neighbours.
How do generous children become ungiving parents?
2(of a substance or material) not pliable; stiff.
（物质）僵硬的；不变形的
I was wearing a new dress of taffeta that felt slippery and ungiving against my body
1(of a person) cold or stubborn in relationships with other people.
（人）吝啬的；小气的
Example sentencesExamples
How do generous children become ungiving parents?
Inspirational and imbued with an engaging, multidimensional personality on the park, he can be infuriatingly insouciant and ungiving off it.
He eyes were no longer ungiving, but somehow new like a child's.
In the beginning, both seemed austere, even ungiving.
It may have embarked willingly on a peace strategy with its neighbours, but it has adopted a grudging and ungiving attitude in its daily dealings with its Arab neighbours.