dutiful
adjective
performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty: a dutiful child.
undutiful
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a word derived from
dutiful.
Example Sentences
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“Mr. Drummle,” said Mrs. Pocket, “will you ring for Flopson? Jane, you undutiful little thing, go and lie down. Now, baby darling, come with ma!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Mariquita is not undutiful, and you must know it.
From Mariquita A Novel by John Ayscough
My beloved Cartwright! what mean you?" exclaimed his affectionate wife, following him to the window, and gently attempting to withdraw the cambric that concealed his features: "what can that undutiful boy mean?
From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Mrs Trollope
Let's have no more harping on that string, and no more silly and undutiful speeches.
From The Honour of the Clintons by Archibald Marshall
I'm sorry to appear the undutiful grandson and all that, but really, don't you know, I must discourage her a bit.
From The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie
