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Mr. Anthony likewise found that his jailing wives were unmercenary, at least in the sense that they would rather discomfort their husbands than get money from them.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Progress" Sirs: I read your new Fashion Department with, I will confess a critical but, I am sure, unmercenary eye.

From Time Magazine Archive

But he could have found a dignified, unmercenary spirit pervading those shrines conducted solely by the Roman Catholic, such as Gethsemane and the Church of the Dormition.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is so good and generous and unmercenary.

From The Independence of Claire by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

This Amanda was only too manifestly pleased to think that she made peasant lovers discontented and hotel porters unmercenary; she let her light shine before men.

From The Research Magnificent by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)