ill-repaying

Updated: January 25, 2026

In their behaviour to old people, whose age or infirmities render them useless and therefore burdensome to the community, the Esquimaux betray a degree of insensibility, bordering on inhumanity, and ill-repaying the kindness of an indulgent parent.

Sir William Edward Parry - Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage