unhallowed
not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred: unhallowed ground.
impious; unholy.
wicked or sinful: unhallowed practices.
Origin of unhallowed
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How to use unhallowed in a sentence
Thus, under the dripping trees, and environed by huge and moving shadows, they reached the scene of their unhallowed labours.
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis StevensonNow you have the whole story and can decide for yourselves whether the city visitor had any cause for his unhallowed mirth.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurIn the same verse he commends that good man, Monsieur de Laubinire, who gave her body hasty and unhallowed interment.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2) | Benjamin Ellis MartinBut whatever another's consciousness of mental inferiority may be, this unhallowed temper will produce determined resistance.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxThis letter shook the unhallowed purpose of his soul, and neither he nor his wife could venture on their excursion up the river.
The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2) | Timothy East
British Dictionary definitions for unhallowed
/ (ʌnˈhæləʊd) /
not consecrated or holy: unhallowed ground
sinful or profane
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