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

P: She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste?

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

The celibacy of the clergy was only established with the very greatest difficulty, and when it was established, priests became unchaste.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock

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

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

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