unindulgent

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ indulgent

Adjective[edit]

unindulgent (comparative more unindulgent, superlative most unindulgent)

  1. Not indulgent.
    • 1849, Minutes of the committee of council on education, page 82:
      [] instead of the joyous voices of his playfellows he hears the rough commands of an unindulgent master or a scolding mistress; — he is continually reproached for his awkwardness and timidity, and reminded of his pauper origin.