unchaste
Americanadjective
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not chaste; not virtuous; not pure.
an unchaste woman.
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characterized by sexual suggestiveness, transgression, or excess; lascivious; bawdy.
an unchaste exhibition.
Usage
What does unchaste mean? Unchaste is most commonly used to describe someone or something considered sexually immoral, especially according to the teachings of a certain religion. It can also be used in a more general way to mean morally impure. The opposite is chaste, which is most commonly used to describe someone who refrains from sexual activity that’s considered immoral. Example: When I went to Catholic high school, my religion teachers always emphasized the dangers of being unchaste.
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Etymology
Origin of unchaste
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un- 1, chaste
Example Sentences
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Not once does an unchaste desire enter the heart of the hero, though he is brimming over with life and love.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld
The celibacy of the clergy was only established with the very greatest difficulty, and when it was established, priests became unchaste.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis
For I tell you she hath so great a power of pleading that, being innocent, she will with difficulty be proved unchaste.'
From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford Madox Ford
Therefore, where polyandry is in the mores, women who comply with it are not unchaste.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
Indeed, there are those who gorge without restraint, which in itself is unchaste and immoral.
From Laugh and Live by Douglas Fairbanks
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