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The authorities in East Berlin even took the unfraternal step of banning Soviet publications that carried "distorted portrayals of history."

From Time Magazine Archive

The window at the extreme left depicted the youthful Joseph journeying to Dothan and wearing his coat of many colors; in the background his jealous brethren are awaiting his coming and fomenting their unfraternal conspiracy.

From In Jeopardy by Sutphen, Van Tassel

Aloof, unhelpful, and unkind, The prisoners of the iron mind, Where nothing speaks except the bell, The unfraternal brothers dwell.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

He at first demurred to their departure except all together—it was so unfraternal; but eventually he allowed himself to be persuaded out of it and into his clothes.

From The Three Partners by Harte, Bret

He felt there was a touch of disloyalty, of unfraternal individualism, even about knowing the right answer to a sum.

From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)