unchaste

American  

[uhn-cheyst] / ʌnˈtʃeɪst /

adjective

1. not chaste; not virtuous; not pure.

   an unchaste woman.

2. characterized by sexual suggestiveness, transgression, or excess; lascivious; bawdy.

   an unchaste exhibition.

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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.

Other Word Forms

• unchastely adverb
• unchasteness noun
• unchastity noun

Etymology

Origin of unchaste

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; un- ¹, chaste

Example Sentences

Onstage next to her, Mrs. Pence, an evangelical Christian whose initial distaste for Mr. Trump’s unchaste behavior has been widely reported, gave rare public testimony about how much she thinks Mr. Trump respects women.

From New York Times

Halliday’s début arrived in February, dangling bait: a roman à clef starring an aging and unchaste Philip Roth.

From The New Yorker

Other vices may sometimes bring people together: You may find good fellowship and jokes and friendliness among drunken people or unchaste people.

From Washington Post

No one who desires to become holier and better imagines that he does so by becoming more malevolent, or more untruthful, or more unchaste.

From Project Gutenberg

If a man has a violent temper or if he is unchaste, get him and his children into the society to check the downward drift.

From Project Gutenberg