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.
Other Word Forms
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 Schoenfeld, Hermann
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
Iachimo comes to England, and by a trick obtains evidence that convinces Posthumus that Imogen is unchaste.
From William Shakespeare by Masefield, John
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 Merriam, George Spring
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