Definition of unchristian in English:
unchristian
adjectiveʌnˈkrɪstʃ(ə)nˌənˈkrɪstʃən
1Not professing Christianity or its teachings.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘The church must repudiate once and for all the unchristian formula of male superiority-female inferiority,’ wrote Sheila D. Collins.
- There are decidedly unchristian aspects such as reincarnation (of the elves) and the ancestor worship many of the characters indulge in.
- These beliefs existed within the interstices of official faith and ritual and churchmen did not necessarily see them as pagan, unchristian, heretical or erroneous.
- It wasn't that America is an unchristian country, quite the contrary.
- Given the struggles of parents in a society whose manners and morals are largely unchristian, which was the case in the late fourth century as it is now, this severity seems excessive.
- 1.1informal Unkind, unfair, or morally wrong.
she was possessed of a very unchristian suspicion about her half sister
Example sentencesExamples
- Are such sentiments substandard, unchristian?
- When words and processes are misleading, it is neither unchristian nor mean to ask for a higher standard.
Derivatives
adjective & adverb
I could have sworn you threw me a dirty look as you passed me, which then caused me to act very unchristianly later down the road.
Example sentencesExamples
- In other words, she believes that those who oppose Harry Potter and urge all Christian everywhere to do the same are in fact acting unchristianly.
- But Francine unchristianly snubs viewers on her corner and contemplates the wall.
- I was doing stupid, dangerous, unchristianly things.
- He flayed the killers of the minister stressing further that Ige must not be mourned in an unchristianly manner.
Definition of unchristian in US English:
unchristian
adjectiveˌənˈkrisCHənˌənˈkrɪstʃən
1Not professing Christianity or its teachings.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘The church must repudiate once and for all the unchristian formula of male superiority-female inferiority,’ wrote Sheila D. Collins.
- Given the struggles of parents in a society whose manners and morals are largely unchristian, which was the case in the late fourth century as it is now, this severity seems excessive.
- These beliefs existed within the interstices of official faith and ritual and churchmen did not necessarily see them as pagan, unchristian, heretical or erroneous.
- It wasn't that America is an unchristian country, quite the contrary.
- There are decidedly unchristian aspects such as reincarnation (of the elves) and the ancestor worship many of the characters indulge in.
- 1.1informal (of a person or their behavior) unkind, unfair, or morally wrong.
she was possessed of a very unchristian suspicion about her half sister
Example sentencesExamples
- When words and processes are misleading, it is neither unchristian nor mean to ask for a higher standard.
- Are such sentiments substandard, unchristian?