unhallowed
Americanadjective
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not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred.
unhallowed ground.
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impious; unholy.
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wicked or sinful.
unhallowed practices.
adjective
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not consecrated or holy
unhallowed ground
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sinful or profane
Etymology
Origin of unhallowed
before 1000; Middle English unhalewed, Old English unhālghod, ungehālghod; un- 1, hallowed
Example Sentences
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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 • May 1, 2023
To thee we bow, O Holy Earth Beloved of God the Savior: Forgive, we pray, The touch of our unhallowed feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even at that time the press had begun to refer to him as "Reggie" and to point with horror to his unhallowed pleasures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bounds had been set to this unhallowed purgatory.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
She said, “There’s rules for those in graveyards, but not for those as was buried in unhallowed ground. Nobody tells me what to do, or where to go.”
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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