unchaste

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P: She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste?

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

Quite passionless, but ever bounteous-minded even to waste; Much tenderness in talking; very urgent, yet no haste; And chastity—to laud it would have seem’d almost unchaste.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various

He goes on to urge that this ritual kiss should be neither unchaste nor without real feeling.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

Such a man, by the rule of physiognomy is vain, unwise, unchaste, a detractor, unstable and unfaithful.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

It is evidently an incorrect use of language to describe the unmarried women of a tribe as unchaste, unless there is a rule for them.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham