unfilial
Americanadjective
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Not content with wreaking your unfilial spite against your own father who begat you, you must smirch the good name of a lady who has always loaded you with kindness.
From Peter Binney A Novel by Archibald Marshall
Seeing his wretched state, Periander took pity on him and bade him come home and no longer indulge in such foolish and unfilial behavior.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
It pained Mary Louise to hear so unfilial a speech from the lips of a young girl.
From Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
He wrote one angry, unfilial letter back and then came silence.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
One cannot be a son and be unfilial or unbrotherly.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
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