unhallowed

[ uhn-hal-ohd ]

adjective

1. not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred:

   unhallowed ground.

2. impious; unholy.
3. wicked or sinful:

   unhallowed practices.

unhallowed

/ ʌnˈhæləʊd /

adjective

1. not consecrated or holy

   unhallowed ground

2. sinful or profane

Word History and Origins

Origin of unhallowed¹

before 1000; Middle English unhalewed, Old English unhālghod, ungehālghod; un- ¹, hallowed

Example Sentences

Everything inside was urbs, city space consecrated by priests who interpreted the will of the gods; everything outside was ager — unhallowed open territory.

From New York Times

Again I felt that horrid sense of the reality of things, in which any effort of imagination seemed out of place; and I realised distinctly the perils of the law which we were incurring in our unhallowed work.

From Literature

Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?

From Literature

Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts.

From Literature

How they would, each and all, abhor me and hunt me from the world, did they know my unhallowed acts and the crimes which had their source in me!

From Literature