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unchristian

[ uhn-kris-chuhn ]

adjective

  1. not conforming to Christian teaching or principles:

    unchristian selfishness.

  2. not Christian.
  3. Informal. unsuitable for Christians; Christian; uncivilized; objectionable:

    She declared she would not pay such an unchristian amount of money for a hotel room.



unchristian

/ ʌˈɪʃə /

adjective

  1. not in accordance with the principles or ethics of Christianity
  2. non-Christian or pagan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ܲˈپԱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲ·t· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of unchristian1

First recorded in 1545–55; un- 1 + Christian
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Example Sentences

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Arguing that slavery is unchristian and cruel, it becomes the most widely distributed antislavery work before the Revolution.

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Commenting on the suggestion that the suspect in Thursday's attacks also identifies as a Christian, Henri said it was "profoundly unchristian to attack the vulnerable".

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The lawmakers — many of them proud churchgoers — considered such loans to be both unchristian and unfair, according to Chuck Hufstetler, a Republican state senator who has voted for more regulation for title lenders.

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It is, in the simplest form, unchristian and uncharitable.

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Not that St. John harboured a spirit of unchristian vindictiveness—not that he would have injured a hair of my head, if it had been fully in his power to do so.

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