unhallowed

[ uhn-hal-ohd ]
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adjective
  1. not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred: unhallowed ground.

  2. impious; unholy.

  1. wicked or sinful: unhallowed practices.

Origin of unhallowed

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

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British Dictionary definitions for unhallowed

unhallowed

/ (ʌnˈhæləʊd) /


adjective
  1. not consecrated or holy: unhallowed ground

  2. sinful or profane

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