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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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
Choose, then, two equal judges of the field: Next morning shall decide the doubtful strife, Condemn the unchaste, or quit the virtuous wife.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Sir Walter Scott
But if coarse in speech he was pure in life, and neither the rancor of political hate nor the research of unsparing biographers ever charged him with an unchaste act.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by George Spring Merriam
There are expressions in Luther's writings—and in the Bible—that nowadays are considered unchaste, but are in themselves chaste and pure.
From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau
They suppose that the prophet had married a woman who was formerly unchaste.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
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