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unfilial

[ uhn-fil-ee-uhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not befitting a son or daughter; violating the customary obligation of a child to a parent.

First recorded in 1605–15; un- ¹ + filial

If I am right, I must not stay here and vex him: it would be unfilial.

We do; and I beg your pardon, my father, for the hasty, unfilial words I have spoken.

The epithet of joli applied to the king has an odd effect, followed as it is by the narrative of his most unfilial conduct.

Cases of sensual excess or of unfilial conduct have been extremely infrequent among the Jews, down to modern times.

Enslavement befell the extravagant wife and unfilial children.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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