unsaintly
- a word derived from saintly.
Example Sentences
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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
A thick, gilt-decorated Holy Bible lay in the centre of the marble-top table, shamed now by contact with the crown of his unsaintly hat.
From Viola Gwyn by McCutcheon, George Barr
The result was that some very unsaintly popes were elected amid unseemly squabbles.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Sir Galahad occupies the intervals between his serious occupations with rolling his father Sir Launcelot and other noble knights into the dust in the usual unsaintly fashion.
From A History of English Prose Fiction by Tuckerman, Bayard
