unparliamentary

[ uhn-pahr-luh-men-tuh-ree, -tree ]

/ ˌʌn pɑr ləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri /

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adjective

not parliamentary; at variance with or contrary to the methods employed by parliamentary bodies.

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Origin of unparliamentary

First recorded in 1620–30; un-¹ + parliamentary

Words nearby unparliamentary

unpaid, unpaid-for, unpalatable, unparalleled, unpardonable, unparliamentary, unpasteurized, unpatriotic, unpaved, unpeg, unpen

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How to use unparliamentary in a sentence

It was said to be most unparliamentary to pass a bill one week, and the next week to pass a resolution condemning that bill.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
But he shrank from proposing this—the dear man might think it unparliamentary.
The Tragic Muse|Henry James
Don't you know driving this sort of conveyance slap along the gravel 'ere, up to the pillars, 's unparliamentary?
Evan Harrington, Complete|George Meredith
They stormed only because he made an unparliamentary use of his constitutional right.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte|Karl Marx

His language, when he spoke, was reckoned unparliamentary (as it undeniably was), and he dissolved the Long Parliament.
Andrew Lang's Introduction to The Compleat Angler|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for unparliamentary

unparliamentary

/ (ˌʌnpɑːləˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

not consistent with parliamentary procedure or practice

Derived forms of unparliamentary

unparliamentarily, adverbunparliamentariness, noun

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