unchristian

American  

[uhn-kris-chuhn] / ʌnˈkrɪs tʃən /

adjective

1. not conforming to Christian teaching or principles.

   unchristian selfishness.

2. not Christian.

3. Informal. unsuitable for Christians; uncivilized; objectionable.

   She declared she would not pay such an unchristian amount of money for a hotel room.

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unchristian British  

/ ʌnˈkrɪstʃən /

adjective

1. not in accordance with the principles or ethics of Christianity

2. non-Christian or pagan

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Other Word Forms

• unchristianly adverb

Etymology

Origin of unchristian

First recorded in 1545–55; un- ¹ + Christian

Example Sentences

Father Joseph called the deportations "the most unchristian thing to do", adding, "It's scary, it concerns me, it is not OK. I call this a death flight."

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Commenting on the suggestion that the suspect in Thursday's attacks also identifies as a Christian, Henri said it was "profoundly unchristian to attack the vulnerable".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

Pointing to general biblical principles like “love thy neighbor as thyself,” northern churches increasingly denounced slavery as sinful and unchristian, but southerners rejected such abstractions.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Well-beloved, 72-year-old Episcopal Bishop Edward Lambe Parsons declared: "The whole isolationist policy is stupid, futile and unchristian."

From Time Magazine Archive

Arguing that slavery is unchristian and cruel, it becomes the most widely distributed antislavery work before the Revolution.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis