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The in Argentina realized that its behavior during that dark period was so unsaintly that in 2000 it made a public apology for its failure to take a stand against the generals.

From Time • Mar. 14, 2013

But back in Washington, critics charged that Watt's Interior Department was proving all too charitable, in a most unsaintly way, to private industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Caley's face, then, with its unsaintly illumination, gave Malcolm something to think about as he sat there upon Honour, the new horse.

From The Marquis of Lossie by MacDonald, George

The wicked world hopes, and, alas! its hopes cannot be fulfilled without stabbing our noble Clodwig to the heart,—it hopes that this dragon of virtue will one day find its unsaintly George.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold

“Mistress Herbert” is Mrs. Magdalen Herbert, the mother of the saintly George Herbert and his unsaintly brother Edward.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John