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Definition of un-English in English: un-Englishadjective ʌnˈɪŋɡlɪʃˌənˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ Not considered characteristic of English people or the English language. the dress emphasized her un-English appearance Example sentencesExamples - I keep pointing out to them how wrong and immoral that is - how profoundly un-English - but they won't listen to me.
- It was all rather shocking and un-English; Mrs Penny, in tears, left her basket of food unfinished and the garden, swiftly followed by her younger swain.
- The form is still relatively straightforward, but the music has a transparency and an avoidance of orchestral padding that are striking, and very un-English for those Edwardian times.
- To say Arsenal were shrewd in signing up the little-known and very un-English Frenchman would perhaps be the biggest understatement in the history of British football.
- Conservative reaction, like socialist internationalism, was distinctly un-English in its lack of provincialism.
- He was received by a large section of the people with jeers, insults, and various expressions of disgust, terms being leveled at him of an unjust and un-English description.
- Yet, there is no doubt that their Englishness was central to their self-perception, however un-English they might appear to those who were sent over to govern them.
- It is so very expressive, and so gloriously un-English.
- Such things I like to think are un-English, yet we are assured that there is great national enthusiasm for London's victory in securing the Olympic Games for 2012.
- But what is the origin of this strange word, which looks so very un-English?
- It is a beautifully relaxed and un-English idea, and it is not their fault that they are serving some of the best food in London.
- You realise, unworthily, that you're in the presence of an entirely un-English sophistication.
- That my guide was Australian and therefore refreshingly un-English was a bonus.
- Her combination of lightness and humour is refreshingly un-English.
- If he had watched with an open heart and mind, he would have noticed many un-English faces, including our three children's, who were quietly celebrating the virtues of this country and all its people.
- In a very un-English manner, I have been drinking my tea unsweetened and black for almost 20 years now.
- And the East End produces no type of man or woman so unfit, un-English, and morally and personally so alien as the pauper immigrant.
- The latter's name was distinctively un-English and must have originated from Alaska's Russian settlers (‘pushki’ means ‘canons’ in Russian).
- As an English boy growing up in some distinctly un-English places he no doubt became adept in ‘being English’ in a way that a kid growing up in Shropshire wouldn't have to.
- He wasn't able to manipulate an assertive Parliament as Elizabeth could, and was inclined to believe in a very un-English view of the authority of monarchy.
Definition of un-English in US English: un-EnglishadjectiveˌənˈiNG(ɡ)liSHˌənˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ Not considered characteristic of English people or the English language. the dress emphasized her un-English appearance Example sentencesExamples - Such things I like to think are un-English, yet we are assured that there is great national enthusiasm for London's victory in securing the Olympic Games for 2012.
- Conservative reaction, like socialist internationalism, was distinctly un-English in its lack of provincialism.
- As an English boy growing up in some distinctly un-English places he no doubt became adept in ‘being English’ in a way that a kid growing up in Shropshire wouldn't have to.
- And the East End produces no type of man or woman so unfit, un-English, and morally and personally so alien as the pauper immigrant.
- But what is the origin of this strange word, which looks so very un-English?
- Yet, there is no doubt that their Englishness was central to their self-perception, however un-English they might appear to those who were sent over to govern them.
- You realise, unworthily, that you're in the presence of an entirely un-English sophistication.
- I keep pointing out to them how wrong and immoral that is - how profoundly un-English - but they won't listen to me.
- In a very un-English manner, I have been drinking my tea unsweetened and black for almost 20 years now.
- The latter's name was distinctively un-English and must have originated from Alaska's Russian settlers (‘pushki’ means ‘canons’ in Russian).
- It was all rather shocking and un-English; Mrs Penny, in tears, left her basket of food unfinished and the garden, swiftly followed by her younger swain.
- Her combination of lightness and humour is refreshingly un-English.
- He wasn't able to manipulate an assertive Parliament as Elizabeth could, and was inclined to believe in a very un-English view of the authority of monarchy.
- The form is still relatively straightforward, but the music has a transparency and an avoidance of orchestral padding that are striking, and very un-English for those Edwardian times.
- That my guide was Australian and therefore refreshingly un-English was a bonus.
- To say Arsenal were shrewd in signing up the little-known and very un-English Frenchman would perhaps be the biggest understatement in the history of British football.
- He was received by a large section of the people with jeers, insults, and various expressions of disgust, terms being leveled at him of an unjust and un-English description.
- If he had watched with an open heart and mind, he would have noticed many un-English faces, including our three children's, who were quietly celebrating the virtues of this country and all its people.
- It is a beautifully relaxed and un-English idea, and it is not their fault that they are serving some of the best food in London.
- It is so very expressive, and so gloriously un-English.
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