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unpolite

[ uhn-puh-lahyt ]

/ ˌʌn pəˈlaɪt /

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adjective

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Origin of unpolite

First recorded in 1640–50; un-¹ + polite

OTHER WORDS FROM unpolite

un·po·lite·ly, adverb

Words nearby unpolite

unpledged delegate, unplug, unplugged, unplumbed, unpolished rice, unpolite, unpolitic, unpolled, unpolluted, unpopular, unposed

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Example sentences from the Web for unpolite

You recollect that first night, when I was so unpolite and inky?
Bleak House|Charles Dickens
The Manners of the Germans are so different, proceed they, from ours; their Service is so unpolite!
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
It's unpolite to contradict you, but I think that would be difficult.
The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6|Eugne Sue
The debt to Mr. Reid is £25; and here is a certain paper which gives me the power to do an unpolite thing.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, XXII|various

Mr. Frederick Montague, I'm sure, is too well-bred a young gentleman to do so unpolite, so ungallant a thing!'
The Parent's Assistant|Maria Edgeworth

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