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

He goes on to urge that this ritual kiss should be neither unchaste nor without real feeling.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

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 History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

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, Ford Madox

Surprised by Iémon, O'Iwa is driven out as unchaste.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

Indeed, there are those who gorge without restraint, which in itself is unchaste and immoral.

From Laugh and Live by Fairbanks, Douglas