From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmean-spiritedˌmean-ˈspirited adjective UNKINDnot generous or sympathetic
Examples from the Corpus
mean-spirited• Jordan is portrayed as mean-spirited and manipulative in the book.• Mix this with personality quirks: Gossip, grudges, jealousies, mean-spirited behavior, lack of trust.• No more scoring mean-spirited points to show up the other side.• One stereotype that will never die is the dishonest and mean-spirited politician.• And for very good if slightly mean-spirited reasons. 