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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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
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
Woe to him who knows it, the chaste in wish and the unchaste in act, the rogue who values honour, the poltroon who would fain be brave!
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
Don John, enemy of Claudio, plans to thwart the marriage by letting it appear that Hero is unchaste.
From William Shakespeare by John Masefield
S: She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste?
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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